Spring Development Quick Start on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid
Discover the comprehensive guide that walks you through each step, showcasing how to effortlessly Install the Spring Tool Suite on IDE on GNU+Linux Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet i386/amd64 desktop.
Spring Framework is a Java platform that provides comprehensive Infrastructure Support for Developing Java Applications. Spring handles the Infrastructure so you can Focus on your App.
The Spring Tool Suite provides the Best Eclipse-powered development environment for building Spring-powered Enterprise Applications. STS supplies tools for all of the latest enterprise Java and Spring, and comes on top of the latest Eclipse releases.
We Proceed Here to a System Wide Installation because Have Proven to be More Fruitful in Evading Eventual Maven Builds Issues. But If you Do Not Dispose of SuperUser Access Simply Try Instead, with a Local Installation…
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Download Latest Spring Tool Suite IDE for Linux:
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Open a Shell Terminal Emulator Window
Ctrl+Alt+t
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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Extracting Spring Tool Suite
Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp.

Or from Shell:
tar xvzf ~/Downloads/spring-tool-suite*tar.gz -C /tmp/
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How to Install Recommended Oracle Java JDK on Ubuntu
Install Oracle JDK 8+ for Ubuntu
To check your current JDK version:
javac --version && java -XshowSettings:properties -version 2>&1 | grep 'java.vendor'
If it’s the official Oracle JDK, the output will include: java.vendor = Oracle Corporation
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Provide to Set also the $JAVA_HOME Env Var!
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Relocating Spring Tool Suite Bundle.
sudo mv /tpm/spring-tool-suite /opt/
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
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Symlinking Spring Tool Suite Binary.
sudo su -c "ln -s /opt/spring-tool-suite/sts-3.6.4.RELEASE/STS /usr/local/bin/STS"
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Spring Tool Development Quick Start Guide.