How to Install STS on macOS using Homebrew
This post provides a step-by-step guide with a list of commands on how to install Spring Tool Suite (STS) on macOS using Homebrew.
This post provides a step-by-step guide with a list of commands on how to install Spring Tool Suite (STS) on macOS using Homebrew.
What is STS?
“The Spring Tool Suite (STS) is an Eclipse-based development environment that is customised for developing Spring applications. It provides a ready-to-use environment to implement, debug, run, and deploy your Spring applications, including integrations for Pivotal tc Server, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Git, Maven, AspectJ, and comes on top of the latest Eclipse releases.” ~ Spring Pivotal
What is Homebrew?
Homebrew is a free and open-source software package management system that simplifies the installation of software on Apple’s macOS operating system. It is known as the missing package manager for macOS.
Quick Commands
The following is the single command required to install STS on macOS using Homebrew.
$ brew install --cask sts
Brew Commands
This section provides a quick set of commands on how to install STS on macOS using Homebrew. It is assumed that Homebrew is already installed. If not, please follow this link.
$ brew update # Fetch latest version of homebrew and formula.
$ brew tap homebrew/cask # Tap the Homebrew/Cask repository from Github using HTTPS.
$ brew search sts # Searches all known Casks for a partial or exact match.
$ brew info --cask sts # Displays information about the given Cask
$ brew install --cask sts # Install the given cask.
$ brew cleanup # Remove any older versions from the cellar.
Summary
Congratulations! You have successfully installed STS on macOS making use of Homebrew. Follow me on any of the different social media platforms and feel free to leave comments.
