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19 | 19 | * [OpenSSL asm support](#openssl-asm-support) |
20 | 20 | * [Previous versions of this document](#previous-versions-of-this-document) |
21 | 21 | * [Building Node.js on supported platforms](#building-nodejs-on-supported-platforms) |
22 | | - * [Note about Python](#note-about-python) |
| 22 | + * [Prerequisites](#prerequisites) |
23 | 23 | * [Unix and macOS](#unix-and-macos) |
24 | 24 | * [Unix prerequisites](#unix-prerequisites) |
25 | 25 | * [macOS prerequisites](#macos-prerequisites) |
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33 | 33 | * [Speeding up frequent rebuilds when developing](#speeding-up-frequent-rebuilds-when-developing) |
34 | 34 | * [Troubleshooting Unix and macOS builds](#troubleshooting-unix-and-macos-builds) |
35 | 35 | * [Windows](#windows) |
36 | | - * [Prerequisites](#prerequisites) |
| 36 | + * [Windows Prerequisites](#windows-prerequisites) |
37 | 37 | * [Option 1: Manual install](#option-1-manual-install) |
38 | 38 | * [Option 2: Automated install with Boxstarter](#option-2-automated-install-with-boxstarter) |
39 | 39 | * [Building Node.js](#building-nodejs-2) |
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229 | 229 | ## Building Node.js on supported platforms |
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231 | | -### Note about Python |
| 231 | +### Prerequisites |
232 | 232 |
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233 | | -The Node.js project supports Python >= 3 for building and testing. |
| 233 | +* Python support: the Node.js project supports Python >= 3.6 for building and testing. |
| 234 | +* Memory: at least 8GB of RAM is typically required when compiling with 4 parallel jobs (e.g: `make -j4`) |
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235 | 236 | ### Unix and macOS |
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624 | 625 | Refs: #24448, <https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/37518>, [vcpkg](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/) |
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626 | | -#### Prerequisites |
| 627 | +#### Windows Prerequisites |
627 | 628 |
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628 | 629 | ##### Option 1: Manual install |
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