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 ### Dependencies
 
-In order to use Jekyll, you will need to have Ruby installed.
+In order to use Jekyll, you will need to have Ruby.
 
  - [Ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org/) (version >= 1.8.7)
  - [RubyGems](http://rubygems.org/) (version >= 1.3.7)
  - [Bundler](http://gembundler.com/)
 
-Mac OS X comes pre-installed with Ruby, but you may need to update RubyGems (via `gem update --system`).
+macOS comes pre-installed with Ruby, but you may need to update RubyGems (via `gem update --system`).
 Otherwise, [RVM](https://rvm.io/) and [rbenv](https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv) are popular ways to install Ruby.
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+The version of the Pygment syntax highlighter used by Jekyll requires Python 2.7.x (not 3.x). macOS comes pre-installed with Python 2.7, but you may need to install it on other OSs.
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+ - [Python](https://www.python.org) (version 2.7.x)
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 Once you have RubyGems and installed Bundler (via `gem install bundler`), use it to install the dependencies:
 
 ```sh