14 May 2018 / by André Maré

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.

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 cask install sts

Brew Commands

This section provide a quick set of commands on how to install Spring Tool Suite (STS) on macOS using Homebrew. It is assumed that Homebrew is already installed. If not, please follow this link.

Tips & Cheatsheet

The Brew Cheatsheet commands can be downloaded from the link below. The PDF document contains a list of the brew commands that are frequently used. This cheatsheet document is not intended as a complete documented list of all commands and for that you should rather visit the official brew documentation page.

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