How to Install Spring Boot

Last Updated: February 11, 2021

This wikiHow will teach you how to download and install Spring on your Mac or Windows computer. Spring is a coding (like Java) environment that's free and you must have Java SDK v1.8 or higher.

Steps

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Go to https://spring.io/tools. You can also open a web browser and search STS download to find the same result.^{[1]
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- You can also go to "Manual Downloads" at https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/getting-started.html and click the appropriate download for your computer (.zip for Windows and .tar.gz for Mac).^{[2]
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Click the appropriate download. There are downloads listed for Mac, Linux, Windows, Visual Studio, and Theia.

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Double-click the downloaded file. Many web browsers will show you a notification when you have a download complete and you can click it to open it. If not, you'll find the file in the Downloads folder.
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Follow the on-screen instructions. Since the file is a self-extracting file, you just need to double-click it to start it.
- You'll see an "Unpacking" window appear when you double-click the file.
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Double-click the program file in the unpacked folder. You'll find the .dmg or .exe file in the "Release" folder that's created when the downloaded file self-extracts.
- After the file is extracted, you'll be able to run the program and start creating Spring Boot applications.