Well, you could have installation instructions initially explaining how and where to get the JRE from and where to reference it in the conf file of the app for your initial release.
Gj On Sun, 15 Sep 2019 at 12:36, Jerome Lelasseux <lelass...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > I see. I thought most Windows users had a JRE installed... > > Bundling a JRE adds 40MB to my 18MB package, it's a pity... Is there a way > to do it simply directly from Netbeans ? I'll need 2 different packages for > 32/64bits ? Same for the signing process, no idea from where to start, I'll > Google it but if you have some good pointer this will help ! > > Thank you. > > > Le dimanche 15 septembre 2019 à 18:11:27 UTC+2, Emilian Bold < > emilian.b...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > > Especially for non technical users you can assume they will have no Java > so you must include a JRE. I recommend AdoptOpenJDK 11. > > Signed installers would be nice if you don't want Windows to scare away > your users. > > --emi > > dum., 15 sept. 2019, 18:22 Jerome Lelasseux <lelass...@yahoo.com.invalid> > a scris: > > Hello, > > I develop in my spare time a Netbeans platform music application targeted > at individual musicians (professional or amateur). The application is > based on NB11/Java7. I test it on Win10(x64) and on a Linux Mint > distribution, though I expect most of the users will be on Windows. At the > beginning I won't release a Mac version. > > In a few weeks I will put it online for the first time, and I'm interested > to get recommendations from experienced people regarding possible > installation/configuration problems on user machines. > > For example is it realistic to assume that most users will have Oracle > JRE7 already installed ? Is it better to embed a JRE in my download package > ? etc. > > Thanks > Jerome > > > > > >
