

You can also use a p2 repository to install individual components of Spring Tools 4 into an existing Eclipse installation. Install Spring Tools 4 into an existing Eclipse (via a p2 repo)

You can install Spring Tools 4 into your existing Eclipse installation using the Eclipse Marketplace. In order to install the Spring Tools 4 into an existing Eclipse install, you need the latest Eclipse release as a prerequisite (download the Eclipse IDE from here: ). Install Spring Tools 4 into an existing Eclipse (via the Marketplace) Double click and it will expand itself on disc. Note: For Windows, the download is a self-extracting JAR archive. To download the full featured Spring Tool Suite 4 distribution that has everything pre-installed, please go to: Spring Tool Suite 4 (the Eclipse-based distribution) Spring Tools 4 ready-to-use distribution package


The language server launcher will look for JVM to launch with. All the variants require at least a JDK11+ to be installed on your system as a prerequisite. Please find here the original release notes.This guides you through the various installation steps for the STS4 components on the different supported platforms (Eclipse, Visual Studio Code and Theia). If you upgrade an existing installation, please uninstall this extension prior or after upgrading Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse.
