SpringSource Tool Suite and Eclipse Galileo Downloads

SpringSource Tool Suite and Eclipse Galileo Downloads

Getting Started

Please review the following documents to get information on latest changes and features

If you have any questions, comments or bug reports sent a mail to sts@springsource.com or open a JIRA issue against the SpringSource Tool Suite project. You can also ask questions in the Spring Development Tools community forums.

STS Downloads

SpringSource Tool Suite™ (STS) provides the best Eclipse-powered development environment for building Spring-based enterprise applications. STS includes tools for all of the latest enterprise Java and Spring based technologies as well as the most advanced tooling available for enterprise OSGi development. STS supports application targeting to local, virtual and cloud-based servers and provides built in support for SpringSource dm Server and tc Server. SpringSource Tool Suite is freely available for development and internal business operations use with no time limits.

SpringSource Tool Suite now provides integration with Cloud Foundry, enabling "code to cloud" in a single step. Cloud Foundry offers complete application lifecycle management for running Spring, Grails, and Java web applications by integrating the world's most popular Java web application technologies into an enterprise Java cloud platform that takes full advantage of the power of elastic cloud computing.
Windows
Windows (64bit)
Mac OS X (Carbon)
Mac OS X (Cocoa)
Mac OS X (Cocoa, 64bit)
Linux
Linux (64bit)

Eclipse Galileo SR1 Downloads

Eclipse Classic 3.5.1 (Win32, 162 MB)

The classic Eclipse download: the Eclipse Platform, Java Development Tools, and Plug-in Development Environment, including source and both user and programmer documentation.

 Windows
Mac OS X (Carbon)
Mac OS X (Cocoa)
Mac OS X (Cocoa, 64bit)
Linux
Linux (64bit)
 

Tools for Java developers creating Java EE and Web applications, including a Java IDE, tools for Java EE, JPA, JSF, Mylyn and others.

 Windows
Mac OS X (Carbon)
Mac OS X (Cocoa)
Mac OS X (Cocoa, 64bit)
Linux
Linux (64bit)
 

The essential tools for any Java developer, including a Java IDE, a CVS client, XML Editor and Mylyn.

 Windows
Mac OS X (Carbon)
Mac OS X (Cocoa)
Mac OS X (Cocoa, 64bit)
Linux
Linux (64bit)
 

A complete set of tools for developers who want to create Eclipse plug-ins or Rich Client Applications. It includes a complete SDK, developer tools and source code, plus Mylyn, an XML editor and the Eclipse Communication Framework.

 Windows
Mac OS X (Carbon)
Mac OS X (Cocoa)
Mac OS X (Cocoa, 64bit)
Linux
Linux (64bit)

Update Site Installation

STS can also be installed from the following update sites:
  • Releases: http://www.springsource.com/update/e3.5
  • Milestone releases: http://www.springsource.com/milestone/e3.5
  • Nightly snapshots: http://www.springsource.com/snapshot/e3.5

Requirements

The following pre-requisites must be fulfilled in order to install STS:

  • Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP or Vista, Apple Mac OS X, Linux
  • Java Runtime: latest version of JDK 5 or 6 (a JRE will not be enough to use all STS features)
  • Hardware: 500MB free disk space, 2GB memory

Installation Instructions

Please follow this installation instructions with great care.

Windows

Download the STS executable installer (*.exe) from the list above. Once downloaded, please double-click the installer to launch the installation process. Follow the on-screen instructions to finish the installation.

If you are downloading the ZIP archive please do not use the extraction utility that comes with Windows as it has been reported that this is causing problems during extraction. Instead please use the free 7-Zip utility.

Mac OS X

Download the STS Mac OS disk image (*.dmg) from the list above. Once downloaded, please mount the disk image by double-clicking the downloaded dmg file. Open the volume named 'SpringSource' and double-click on the installer to launch the installation. Follow the on-screen instructions to finish the installation.

At this time we do not recommend to use any of the Cocoa builds for Mac OS. There a numerous open performance related problems with the Cocoa port reported at Eclipse.org.

Linux

Download the STS self-extracting shell script (*.sh) that matches your OS and machine architecture. Once downloaded, launch the installation by running the following command in a terminal session:

$ sh springsource-tool-suite-2.3.0.RELEASE-e3.5.1-linux-gtk-installer.sh 

*******************************************************************************
*                   SpringSource Tool Suite 2.3.0.RELEASE                     *
*                                 Installer                                   *
*******************************************************************************
preparing the installer...
... done
starting UI installer. please follow instructions on screen...

Follow the on-screen instructions to finish the installation.