(ranger) 07/08: RANGER-4076: Document update for required environment variable

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pradeep pushed a commit to branch RANGER-4076_master
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commit 8435d2582ecf08ee665c2e7d4edb72a59dc857b2
Author: Kishor Gollapalliwar <ki...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Dec 22 20:17:09 2025 +0530

    RANGER-4076: Document update for required environment variable
---
 README.md | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a166bbfde..25a76b0c8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Ranger is built using [Apache Maven](https://maven.apache.org/). To run Ranger:
 
 ## Regular Build Process
 
-1. Check out the code from GIT repository
+1. Check out the code from GIT repository and make sure JAVA_HOME & PATH environment variables are properly set (JDK17).
 
 2. On the root folder, please execute the following Maven command:
 
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ Ranger is built using [Apache Maven](https://maven.apache.org/). To run Ranger:
 
 4. Modify the install.properties file with appropriate variables 
 
-5. - If the module has setup.sh, execute ./setup.sh
+5. - export/ set JAVA_OPTS environment variable.
+   ```
+   JAVA_OPTS="--add-opens=java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=java.base/sun.net.dns=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=java.base/sun.net.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=java.xml.crypto/com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.security.utils=ALL-UNNAMED"
+   ```
+   - If the module has setup.sh, execute ./setup.sh
    - If the install.sh file does not exists, execute ./enable-<component>-plugin.sh