Ubuntu 12.10 setup for java spring source development

Install subversion client

• sudo apt-get install subversion libapache2-svn

How to install Spring Tool Suite on Ubuntu 12.10

1. Install JDK

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins #just in case, this will be added to the package in the next version
• sudo apt-get install oracle-jdk7-installer 

2. Download Spring Tool Suite.

• http://www.springsource.org/sts

3. Change downloaded STS permission to executable.

• sudo chmod +x ./spring-tool-suite-3.1.0

4. Install STS

• ./spring-tool-suite-3.1.0

5. Follow on screen instructions.