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

[kant kodali]

Is there anyway to create self contained image independent of platform ?

On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 8:37 PM, kant kodali <kanth909 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a anyway to create self contained image independent of platform ?
>
> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 8:28 PM, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> -----
>>
>> 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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