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 ### General prerequisites
 
-Java should be available as `java` in `PATH`, and Java 21+ is required.
+Java should be available as `java` in `PATH`, or with a correctly set `JAVA_HOME`, and Java 21 is required.
 
 FUSE 2 userspace library also should be available: