Step by step – Spring Tool Suite Mint 20 Installation

Installing

2. 2. Downloading Spring Tool Suite

   Download Spring Tools for Eclipse

   Spring Tool Suite .tar.gz

   Spring Tool Suite

   Grab the Linux 64-bit Release.

3. 3. Extracting Spring Tool Suite

   Then Extract Archive into /tmp.

   
   Or from Command Line:

   tar xvzf ~/Downloads/spring-tool*.tar.gz -c /tmp/

4. 4. Installing Java JDK

   How to Install Required Oracle Java JDK on Linux Mint

   Install Oracle JDK for Linux Mint

   SetUp Oracle JDK on Linux Mint.

   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.

5. 5. Relocating Spring Tool Suite

   Next follow Setting Up STS
   (For a Local Installation Skip this Step and Run it from within Home)
   First, Set root as Owner:

   sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/sts*.RELEASE

   Finally, Switch contents into the Destination Directory:

   sudo mv /tmp/sts*.RELEASE /opt/

6. 6. Amending User’s Path

   Again Append STS into the Path
   This is strictly needed only to Work with STS from Command Line..

   echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/sts-[x.y.z].RELEASE' >> ~/.bashrc

   Change [x.y.z] in the above Command with the actual STS Release you get from:

   ls /opt | grep sts

   And finally, Reload the Path with:

   bash