Add an intro sentence to the build from source article (#110)

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@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ title: Building the Apollo Router from source
 sidebar_title: 🛠 Build from source
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+If the Apollo Router doesn't provide a [prebuilt executable](./quickstart/#1-download-and-extract-the-router-binary) for your system or architecture, you can build the executable from source.
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 ## 1. Install prerequisites
 
 To compile the Apollo Router binary on your machine, you need the following:

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@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ You can now try running the Apollo Router from your project's root directory wit
 If you do, you'll get the following error:
 
 ```
-Error: 
+Error:
 💫 The router requires a supergraph to be set using '--supergraph':
 
     $ ./router --supergraph <file>`
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 🪐 The supergraph can be built or downloaded from the Apollo Registry
    using the Rover CLI. To find out how, see:
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     https://www.apollographql.com/docs/rover/supergraphs/.
 
 🧪 If you're just experimenting, you can download and use an example