diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 69ce5a3d..736f9bd0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ---
 
+dependencies on debian:
+`sudo apt install libglib2.0-dev libgtk-4-dev libasound2-dev libopenxr-dev`
+
 build instructions:  
 1. compile and install https://gitlab.com/Mis012/dalvik_standalone (art branch) (you can run it from builddir, but it requires some additional env variables)
 2. `mkdir builddir`
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8431a2e0..7594aedd 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project('android_translation_layer', ['c', 'java'], default_options: ['b_lundef=
 
 javac = meson.get_compiler('java')
 if javac.version() != '1.8.0'
-	error('javac versions other than 1.8.0 are known to cause issues (you have: ', javac.version(), ')')
+	warning('javac versions other than 1.8.0 are known to cause issues at least on aarch64 alpine (you have: ', javac.version(), ')')
 endif
 
 gnome = import('gnome')