Document build deps for popular distros PYTHON-235

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10gen does not currently provide statically linked binary packages for
Unix. To build the optional C extensions you must have the GNU C compiler
(gcc) installed. Depending on your flavor of Unix (or Linux distribution)
you may also need a python-dev package that provides the necessary header
files for your version of Python. The package name may vary from distro
to distro.
Unix flavors other than OSX. To build the optional C extensions you must
have the GNU C compiler (gcc) installed. Depending on your flavor of Unix
(or Linux distribution) you may also need a python development package that
provides the necessary header files for your version of Python. The package
name may vary from distro to distro. Here are some examples for popular
Linux distributions:
- RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux)/CentOS: python-devel
- Debian/Ubuntu: python-dev
Pre-built eggs are available for OSX Snow Leopard on PyPI.

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@ -100,8 +100,12 @@ be compiled. No C extensions are essential for PyMongo to run,
although they do result in significant speed improvements.
If you are seeing this message on Linux you probably need to
install GCC and/or the Python development libraries for your
version of Python.
install GCC and/or the Python development package for your
version of Python. Python development package names for popular
Linux distributions include:
RHEL/CentOS: python-devel
Debian/Ubuntu: python-dev
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