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Install Spring Tool Suite on Ubuntu

This post is about installing Spring Tool Suite (STS) on Ubuntu. The Spring Tool Suite is an Eclipse-based development environment that is customized for developing Spring applications.

Step 1:Download the latest Spring Tool Suite for Linux from STS official website: http://spring.io/tools/sts/all 

Step 2:Extract into any folder which you prefer. My extracted Spring Tool Suite locations is /home/harishshan/springsource

Step 3:Create the Menu icon for quick access 
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/STS.desktop
Step 4:Enter the following content 
[Desktop Entry]
Name=SpringSource Tool Suite
Comment=SpringSource Tool Suite
Exec=/home/harishshan/springsource/sts-3.4.0-RELEASE/STS
Icon=/home/harishshan/springsource/sts-3.4.0-RELEASE/icon.xpm
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development;IDE;Java;
Step 5: Now you can check from Quick Menu by typing "Spring"
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  1. Brigadier OlmecFebruary 18, 2018 at 9:03 PM

    Thanks for the helpful quick access template!

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  2. UnknownApril 3, 2018 at 8:52 PM

    Thanks man, this worked perfect! in Linux Solus.

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  3. Anshuman GaonsindheMay 24, 2018 at 12:29 AM

    Thanks. Swift solution.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Mwaniki EricFebruary 8, 2019 at 8:14 PM

    Mine is not working. Can't find the execution field

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    1. UnknownFebruary 14, 2019 at 11:44 AM

      Looks like as of STS4 they now use SpringToolSuite4 as the exec instead of STS

      Delete
    2. YeghonJune 18, 2019 at 6:56 PM

      For STS4, change this line:
      Exec=/folder_unzipped_into/sts-{version}-RELEASE/SpringToolSuite4

      Delete
  5. AnonymousOctober 29, 2019 at 2:36 PM

    I use Ubuntu 18.04 and Ihave two very basic questions:
    - what is Quick Menu?
    - do I have to restart my machine to have all this working?

    ReplyDelete
  6. Avinash ChourasiaFebruary 11, 2020 at 9:18 PM

    Small additional update for Ubuntu 18.04 & STS 4+ use Absolute path instead of relative.
    use
    Exec=/home/harishshan/springsource/sts-3.4.0-RELEASE/STS
    Icon=/home/harishshan/springsource/sts-3.4.0-RELEASE/icon.xpm
    dont'use
    Exec=~somedir/harishshan/springsource/sts-3.4.0-RELEASE/STS
    Icon=~somedir/springsource/sts-3.4.0-RELEASE/icon.xpm

    ReplyDelete
  7. RoyalAugust 31, 2021 at 3:52 AM

    I am sorry, where is this "Quick Menu " to check if the installation was successful, do you mean the command line

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