Can i use Java swing application in a freshly installed Linux

Question

Do the big Linux distributions support java when freshly installed?
If i have a Java Swing application, will it work in a freshly installed Linux with no internet connection?

I understand that there are no guarantees, but how likely is it for a Linux machine NOT to have any java/Swing support?

Answer 1

if you can check the o/p of command java -version in a terminal, it'll show if you have java installed or not.

So if Java or JRE is installed you can surely use your Swing application.

But if you are planning to develop a swing app you need to have JDK installed in your system. you can if the command javac -version is working then you have JDK installed in your system.

But I suspect if any Linux distribution comes pre-installed with a JDK. For once you can find installed JRE by default but it is difficult to get pre-installed JDK in any Linux OS.