Do I need to have Java 9 installed to run the image generated by jLink?

[kant kodali]

If Jlink produces an image that is "portable across machines across the
same OS type". This would defeat the purpose of JVM right? If I use jlink
and produce an image on mac I should be able to run on windows isn't it?

On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 7:21 PM, Sundararajan Athijegannathan <
sundararajan.athijegannathan at oracle.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Right. The jvm and other shared objects are obviously platform dependent
> and so jlink produced binaries can only be run on specific target platform.
> That said, his question was about whether he still needs to install Java to
> use the produced image. I answered that question. (i.e., the image is
> complete and does not require java to be installed to use).
>
> Thanks,
> -Sundar
>
>
> On 23/09/17, 3:39 PM, Mani Sarkar wrote:
>
> Hi Sundar,
>
> Although can we cannot run this app on any OS on the target machine, but
> the specific OS it has been compiled/linked on.
>
> So its portable across machines across the same OS type.
>
> I hope my understanding is correct, happy to be corrected.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Mani
>
>
>
> On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 02:35 Sundararajan Athijegannathan <
> sundararajan.athijegannathan at oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> jlink produced image dir is complete - it has jvm, required platform +
>> app modules, config. etc. to run your modular app.  You don't need to
>> install java separately on the target machine ("machine 2").
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Sundar
>>
>> On 23/09/17, 1:39 AM, kant kodali wrote:
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > Let's say I create a modularize my app and generate a image using jLink
>> on
>> > machine1 and from what I understand the image has the runtime as well
>> so if
>> > I transfer this image to machine 2 which has nothing installed(not even
>> > Java) can I simply run my app on machine? or does machine2 also need to
>> > have Java installed?
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>>
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