separate prerequisities seciton / troubleshooting section in installation of readme

5055e3788d5c98e521991826a48c46ed3e22ac0a · 2024-07-17 11:54:09 -0700 · Alex Cheema

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commit 5055e3788d5c98e521991826a48c46ed3e22ac0a
Author: Alex Cheema <alexcheema123@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed Jul 17 11:54:09 2024 -0700

    separate prerequisities seciton / troubleshooting section in installation of readme
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 README.md | 9 ++++++++-
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -62,9 +62,12 @@ Exo supports different partitioning strategies to split up a model across device
 
 The current recommended way to install exo is from source.
 
+### Prerequisites
+
+- Python>=3.12.0 is required because of [issues with asyncio](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/issues/5) in previous versions.
+
 ### From source
 
-Python>=3.12.0 is required because of [issues with asyncio](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/issues/5) in previous versions.
 
 ```sh
 git clone https://github.com/exo-explore/exo.git
@@ -72,6 +75,10 @@ cd exo
 pip install .
 ```
 
+### Troubleshooting
+
+- If running on Mac, MLX has an [install guide](https://ml-explore.github.io/mlx/build/html/install.html) with troubleshooting steps
+
 ## Documentation
 
 ### Example Usage on Multiple MacOS Devices

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