docs: add cairo deps (#535)

* docs: add cairo deps Add instructions for installing OS-level dependencies required for building `cairo` NPM package. * Update README.md Co-authored-by: Noah Eigenfeld <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: Noah Eigenfeld <[email protected]>
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-3. To generate the dependencies for all of the packages, run the following at the root directory:
+3. Install OS dependencies for building NPM packages (required for building `cairo`, which is used by `pdfjs`):
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+    Follow the installation instructions for your OS from https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas#compiling.
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+4. To generate the dependencies for all of the packages, run the following at the root directory:
 
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 yarn