update docs for 1.10.2 release

[tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs.git] / docs / quickstart.rst

diff --git a/docs/quickstart.rst b/docs/quickstart.rst
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@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ How To Get Tahoe-LAFS
 =====================
 
 This procedure has been verified to work on Windows, Mac, OpenSolaris, and
-too many flavors of Linux and of BSD to list. It's likely to work on other
-platforms.
+too many flavors of Linux and of BSD to list.
 
 In Case Of Trouble
 ------------------
@@ -35,18 +34,19 @@ Check if you already have an adequate version of Python installed by running
 ``python -V``. Python v2.6 (v2.6.6 or greater recommended) or Python v2.7
 will work. Python v3 does not work. On Windows, we recommend the use of
 native Python v2.7, not Cygwin Python. If you don't have one of these
-versions of Python installed, download and install `Python v2.7`_. Make sure
-that the path to the installation directory has no spaces in it (e.g. on
-Windows, do not install Python in the "Program Files" directory).
+versions of Python installed, `download`_ and install the latest version of
+Python v2.7. Make sure that the path to the installation directory has no
+spaces in it (e.g. on Windows, do not install Python in the "Program Files"
+directory).
 
-.. _Python v2.7: http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.4/
+.. _download: https://www.python.org/downloads/
 
 Get Tahoe-LAFS
 --------------
 
-Download the latest stable release, `Tahoe-LAFS v1.10.0`_.
+Download the latest stable release, `Tahoe-LAFS v1.10.2`_.
 
-.. _Tahoe-LAFS v1.10.0: https://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-lafs/releases/allmydata-tahoe-1.10.0.zip
+.. _Tahoe-LAFS v1.10.2: https://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-lafs/releases/allmydata-tahoe-1.10.2.zip
 
 Set Up Tahoe-LAFS
 -----------------
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ On Windows, the ``build`` step might tell you to open a new Command Prompt
 (or, on XP and earlier, to log out and back in again). This is needed the
 first time you set up Tahoe-LAFS on a particular installation of Windows.
 
+If you see an error like ``fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory``
+while compiling the dependencies, you need the Python development headers. If
+you are on a Debian or Ubuntu system, you can install them with ``sudo
+apt-get install python-dev``. On RedHat/Fedora, install ``python-devel``.
+
 Run "``bin/tahoe --version``" (on Windows, "``bin\tahoe --version``") to
 verify that the executable tool prints out the right version number after
 "``allmydata-tahoe:``".