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How to install Spring IDE in Eclipse

Spring IDE is a very useful graphical user interface tool adding support for Spring Framework. In this tutorial, we show you two ways to install Spring IDE in Eclipse.

Version used in this tutorial :

  1. Spring IDE 2.9
  2. Eclipse 3.7
Spring IDE or SpringSource Tool Suite (STS)?
Refer to this Spring IDE vs STS pdf file for feature comparison. Personally, I go for Spring IDE for one reason – just can’t let go my existing Eclipse, too many plugins installed.

1. Install New Software

Classic way, Eclipse IDE, click “Help” -> “Install New Software…”. Type “http://springide.org/updatesite” to access the Spring IDE update site.

Select all the Spring IDE features you want to install.

spring ide install new software

Take long time to install and restart Eclipse after finished.

2. Eclipse Marketplace

This is the prefer way, because you no need to remember the long Spring ide update URL. In Eclipse IDE, click “Help” -> “Eclipse Marketplace“, type “Spring IDE“, follow the wizard to finish the installation.

spring ide eclipse marketplace

Same, take long time to install and restart Eclipse after finished.

References

  1. http://www.springsource.com/developer/sts
  2. http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/spring-ide
  3. http://download.springsource.com/release/STS/doc/STS-feature_comparison.pdf

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subhankar
13 years ago

thanks … i was trying to install spring plugin in eclipse 3.5 .. and was fighting .. but i saw this site i got success. what is your next plugin link…..

Prem Pratick Kumar
9 years ago

Very Helpful article for those starting to begin with Spring framework.

TT
9 years ago

finally managed to install spring IDE on indigo without sts

Daniel Hdez
10 years ago

Man, I have been learned with your page, its very helpful, greetings!!!

Ish Arora
10 years ago
Ish Arora
10 years ago

Method 1 After entering URL if it does not work for you setup eclipse proxy first..
https://mkyong.com/web-development/how-to-configure-proxy-settings-in-eclipse/

karen
10 years ago

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sandra
11 years ago

Asking questions are really fastidious thing if you are not
understanding anything completely, but this article offers good understanding yet.

kamlesh
11 years ago

when i m installing the spring IDE the following error is coming

Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.
Software being installed: SpringSource Tool Suite Runtime Error Analysis Support 2.6.0.201103161000-RELEASE (com.springsource.sts.runtimeerroranalysis.feature.group 2.6.0.201103161000-RELEASE)
Missing requirement: SpringSource Tool Suite Runtime Error Analysis Support 2.6.0.201103161000-RELEASE (com.springsource.sts.runtimeerroranalysis.feature.group 2.6.0.201103161000-RELEASE) requires ‘com.atlassian.connector.eclipse.jira.feature.group 0.0.0’ but it could not be found

dj
11 years ago

Thanxs buddy

Sasi
11 years ago

I am getting the following error when i type ‘http://dist.springframework.org/release/IDE’ for the Spring IDE update site

Communication with repository at http://dist.springframework.org/release/IDE failed.
Communication with repository at http://dist.springframework.org/release/IDE failed.
Read timed out

Pls suggest .Thanks in advance

baursak
11 years ago

please note, that starting from 05/20/2010 to access the Spring IDE update site one must type ‘http://dist.springframework.org/release/IDE’ ‘http://springide.org/updatesite’

baursak
11 years ago
Reply to  baursak

one must type ‘http://dist.springframework.org/release/IDE’ INSTEAD OF ‘http://springide.org/updatesite’
I am sorry to be so inaccurate at first 🙂

Shivam
11 years ago

thanks

Zoubir Oussama
11 years ago

Thankou for the tutorial and the web site mkyong

Sridhar Goranti
11 years ago

Thanks a lot!

ABy
11 years ago

Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

zeba
11 years ago

thanx a lot
it helped me to integrate spring with eclipse in
a jiffy

John Ortiz
11 years ago

Thanks for this information. It is so useful because I am starting with this powerful framework. So long.

Srikanth
12 years ago

Thanks alot..
Working fine….

Sariq Shaikh
12 years ago

SpringSource tool suite update sites have been changed have a look at this –> http://goo.gl/jYq3a

DayDream
12 years ago

Thanks a lot!

Amit
12 years ago

Thanks Alottttt

santu
12 years ago

Thanks for it…..!!!

rajkiran
12 years ago

Thank you ! it’ really good one

sam
12 years ago

thanks its really gud…

sam
12 years ago
Reply to  sam

yup

hem
13 years ago

I have some query regarding Spring Tool Suite. Does it support struts 1.x and hibernate out of the box? Right now i am using Eclipse galileo with JBOSS Tools, so the support for struts 1.x and hibernate is quite good. So i am wondering if i can get the same support in Spring Tool Suite or not.
Can anybody kindly help me in this regard? Any link will be much appreciated. Thank you.

chew yoon fui
13 years ago

does this installation include spring 3 ????
thx

Sara
13 years ago

Thanks alot , that’s worked with me.

Bruce Snyder
14 years ago

Or just use SpringSource Tool Suite:

http://www.springsource.com/products/sts

It’s free and it already has Spring IDE and many other plugins installed.

afon
14 years ago

Thanx for link obout Spring IDE features. Seen several very interesting things.