From 402d08099002f19a882f76ca7d2baeb1a29868e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Haines Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 15:08:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fix installation instructions in README --- MANIFEST.in | 3 ++- README.rst | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------ 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in index 73e0eff6e..e1043fb57 100644 --- a/MANIFEST.in +++ b/MANIFEST.in @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ recursive-include docs * recursive-include tests *.py -recursive-include synapse/persistence/schema *.sql +recursive-include synapse/storage/schema *.sql +recursive-include webclient * diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index f40492b8a..b3b2a94db 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -122,12 +122,12 @@ Thanks for trying Matrix! [2] End-to-end encryption is currently in development - Homeserver Installation ======================= -First, the dependencies need to be installed. Start by installing -'python2.7-dev' and the various tools of the compiler toolchain. +Synapse is written in python but some of the libraries is uses are written in +C. So before we can install synapse itself we need a working C compiler and the +header files for python C extensions. Installing prerequisites on Ubuntu:: @@ -137,30 +137,35 @@ Installing prerequisites on Mac OS X:: $ xcode-select --install +Synapse uses NaCl (http://nacl.cr.yp.to/) for encryption and digital +signatures. Unfortunately PyNACL currently has a few issues +(https://github.com/pyca/pynacl/issues/53) and +(https://github.com/pyca/pynacl/issues/79) that mean it may not install +correctly. To fix try re-installing from PyPI or directly from (https://github.com/pyca/pynacl):: + + $ # Install from PyPI + $ pip install --user --upgrade --force pynacl + $ # Install from github + $ pip install --user https://github.com/pyca/pynacl/tarball/master + +On OSX, if you encounter ``clang: error: unknown argument: '-mno-fused-madd'`` +you will need to ``export CFLAGS=-Qunused-arguments``. + +To install the synapse homeserver run:: + + $ pip install --user --process-dependency-links https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tarball/master + +This installs synapse, along with the libraries it uses, into +``$HOME/.local/lib/``. + +Homeserver Development +====================== + The homeserver has a number of external dependencies, that are easiest to install by making setup.py do so, in --user mode:: $ python setup.py develop --user -You'll need a version of setuptools new enough to know about git, so you -may need to also run:: - - $ sudo apt-get install python-pip - $ sudo pip install --upgrade setuptools - -If you don't have access to github, then you may need to install ``syutil`` -manually by checking it out and running ``python setup.py develop --user`` on -it too. - -If you get errors about ``sodium.h`` being missing, you may also need to -manually install a newer PyNaCl via pip as setuptools installs an old one. Or -you can check PyNaCl out of git directly (https://github.com/pyca/pynacl) and -installing it. Installing PyNaCl using pip may also work (remember to remove -any other versions installed by setuputils in, for example, ~/.local/lib). - -On OSX, if you encounter ``clang: error: unknown argument: '-mno-fused-madd'`` -you will need to ``export CFLAGS=-Qunused-arguments``. - This will run a process of downloading and installing into your user's .local/lib directory all of the required dependencies that are missing. @@ -204,11 +209,11 @@ IDs: For the first form, simply pass the required hostname (of the machine) as the --host parameter:: - $ python synapse/app/homeserver.py \ + $ python -m synapse.app.homeserver \ --server-name machine.my.domain.name \ --config-path homeserver.config \ --generate-config - $ python synapse/app/homeserver.py --config-path homeserver.config + $ python -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path homeserver.config Alternatively, you can run synapse via synctl - running ``synctl start`` to generate a homeserver.yaml config file, where you can then edit server-name to @@ -226,12 +231,12 @@ record would then look something like:: At this point, you should then run the homeserver with the hostname of this SRV record, as that is the name other machines will expect it to have:: - $ python synapse/app/homeserver.py \ + $ python -m synapse.app.homeserver \ --server-name YOURDOMAIN \ --bind-port 8448 \ --config-path homeserver.config \ --generate-config - $ python synapse/app/homeserver.py --config-path homeserver.config + $ python -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path homeserver.config You may additionally want to pass one or more "-v" options, in order to