
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 location configured via $.ls. in vscode's user or workspace settings.It looks in these places and uses the first java executable found: 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.

This guides you through the various installation steps for the STS4 components on the different supported platforms (Eclipse, Visual Studio Code and Theia).
