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

[David Holmes]

On 25/09/2017 12:56 PM, kant kodali wrote:
> 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?

A jlink image is created for a specific platform (OS + CPU combination). 
It contains executables and native libraries built for a specific platform.

David
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> 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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