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Asked: 2026-06-01T03:13:59+00:00

I want to use the Gradle STS plugin , but I don’t need or

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I want to use the Gradle STS plugin, but I don’t need or want any of the other features of the SpringSource Tool Suite.

However, when I’m installing STS, Eclipse seems to be forcing me to install several components which are labeled “(optional)” such as the AOP extension, Web Flow, and so on. It seems Eclipse doesn’t have any notion of an optional dependency, because I can’t find a way to prevent them from being installed or remove them after they’ve been installed.

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How can I install STS without the optional components?

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  1. Editorial Team

    At this point, Gradle tooling requires the STS feature, so it is not currently possible to install Gradle tools without the rest of STS. However, we are working on modularization and for the 3.0 release of STS, you will be able to install just the subset of STS components that you require without the components that you don’t.

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