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platform specific prerequisites in source install (#9667)

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Make it clearer in the source install step that the platform specific
prerequisites must be installed first.

Signed-off-by: Serban Constantin <serban.constantin@gmail.com>
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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ There are 3 steps to follow under **Installation Instructions**.
- [Choosing your server name](#choosing-your-server-name)
- [Installing Synapse](#installing-synapse)
- [Installing from source](#installing-from-source)
- [Platform-Specific Instructions](#platform-specific-instructions)
- [Platform-specific prerequisites](#platform-specific-prerequisites)
- [Debian/Ubuntu/Raspbian](#debianubunturaspbian)
- [ArchLinux](#archlinux)
- [CentOS/Fedora](#centosfedora)
@ -60,17 +60,14 @@ that your email address is probably `user@example.com` rather than
(Prebuilt packages are available for some platforms - see [Prebuilt packages](#prebuilt-packages).)
When installing from source please make sure that the [Platform-specific prerequisites](#platform-specific-prerequisites) are already installed.
System requirements:
- POSIX-compliant system (tested on Linux & OS X)
- Python 3.5.2 or later, up to Python 3.9.
- At least 1GB of free RAM if you want to join large public rooms like #matrix:matrix.org
Synapse is written in Python but some of the libraries it 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. See [Platform-Specific
Instructions](#platform-specific-instructions) for information on installing
these on various platforms.
To install the Synapse homeserver run:
@ -128,7 +125,11 @@ source env/bin/activate
synctl start
```
#### Platform-Specific Instructions
#### Platform-specific prerequisites
Synapse is written in Python but some of the libraries it 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.
##### Debian/Ubuntu/Raspbian

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Update source install documentation to mention platform prerequisites before the source install steps.