JAL-4192 more specific info about versions needed

[jalview.git] / doc / building.md

diff --git a/doc/building.md b/doc/building.md
index bbcc011..81700ac 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/building.md
+++ b/doc/building.md
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 ```
 # download
 git clone http://source.jalview.org/git/jalview.git
-# compile
+# compile - needs java 11 JDK
 cd ./jalview
-gradle shadowJar
+gradle shadowJar  # needs to be gradle 7.6.3 or above (but not gradle 8)
 # run
 java -jar build/libs/jalview-all-*-j11.jar