How to create desktop entry for Spring Tool Suite in Ubuntu?.Want to open the IDE from desktop.
Go to the STS download page at http://spring.io/tools/sts/all , choose linux and your architecture(x86-x64). Once the download is finished, go to the downloaded directory and extract the . zip file into a convenient directory of your choice. Open the extracted sts-bundle directory, right click STS then just click run.
Installing STSStep 1: Download Spring Tool Suite from https://spring.io/tools3/sts/all. Click on the platform which you are using. In this tutorial, we are using the Windows platform. Step 2: Extract the zip file and install the STS.
Spring Tool Suite (STS) is a java IDE tailored for developing Spring-based enterprise applications. It is easier, faster, and more convenient. And most importantly it is based on Eclipse IDE. STS is free, open-source, and powered by VMware.
Paste the below code in gedit
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=sts
Comment=Spring Tool Suite
Icon=/home/user/sts-bundle/sts-3.8.2.RELEASE/icon.xpm
Exec=/home/user/sts-bundle/sts-3.8.2.RELEASE/STS
Terminal=false
Categories=Development;IDE;Java;
StartupWMClass=STS
Change the path in above code to your path
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