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linux spring tool suite (eclipse) launches from terminal but not from desktop

I am setting up Spring Tool Suite IDE on a linux mint cinnamon machine.

I have installed the JDK, added it to my path. When I do java -version everything works. When I navigate to the folder containing Spring tool suite and execute it using

./STS it launches correctly.

When I navigate to that file in finder, and click on it, I get the java error about no JDK installed.

Any ideas ?

Edit: Spring Tool suite is basically a version of eclipse if you haven't heard of it

Solution

  • Insert into the 1st line of your STS.ini the following

    -vm
path/to/your/jdk/bin/java

    replacing path/to/your/jdk with actual path.

    STS.ini is near STS executable file (within the same folder).