Clarify the bootstrap process

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@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ First create some empty top level directory and run the following commands::
git clone https://github.com/kovidgoyal/bypy.git git clone https://github.com/kovidgoyal/bypy.git
git clone https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre.git git clone https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre.git
cd calibre cd calibre
Now we need to bootstrap calibre, for which all its Linux build dependencies
must have already been installed (see the `Dependencies
<https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux>`_ section of the Linux installation
page for details). Once the dependencies are installed, run::
./setup.py bootstrap ./setup.py bootstrap
To make the Windows and macOS builds it uses QEMU VMs. Instructions on To make the Windows and macOS builds it uses QEMU VMs. Instructions on