The SpringSource Tool Suite (STS) is a development environment based on Eclipse that is already configured with the plugins needed to work with Web Server and OSGi. Although the steps are similar, the details of installing STS depend on the operating system.
Go to the STS download site (http://www.springsource.com/products/springsource-tool-suite-download) and download the variant appropriate to the operating system being used. This guide is consistent with STS version 2.5.0.RELEASE. Previous versions may not work properly with the latest revision of GreenPages, currently 2.3.0.RELEASE.
It is possible to use vanilla Eclipse, and add the SpringSource Tools to it. Please refer to the installation instructions in the Virgo Programmer Guide.
Unzip the download of STS to the root directory of a drive (this will avoid possible problems with long pathnames).
prompt> cd C:\
prompt> "%JAVA_HOME%"\bin\jar xf \full…path…to\springsource-tool-suite-2.5.0.RELEASE-e3.6.1-win32.zip
To verify the installation, run the eclipse.exe
(or sts.exe
) executable in the unzipped directory
and check that STS displays a welcome panel.
The first time there may be a short delay due to the initial set-up of indexes.
Unpack the download of STS to a suitable location on the file system, such
as /opt
or, if root access is not available, the home directory.
(If the download was automatically unpacked by the operating
system, simply move the unpacked directory to the chosen location.)
To verify the installation, run the STS executable (STS.app
on Mac OS X)
in the unpacked directory and check that STS displays a welcome panel.
The first time there may be a short delay due to the initial set-up of indexes.