How to install Spring Framework in Eclipse

Step1:

Download Spring Framework

http://www.springsource.org/download

Click the Download and save it to your pc, in my case, I save it to the folder C:/Spring.

Step2:

Unzip the spring-framework-3.1.1.RELEASE files ( you may have different version name), you should

see

Open the dist folder, you show see all the spring frameword .jar files ( in my case, there are 21 .jar files

) are under the dist folder which we will add it later in to the project

Step3:

Download Apache Commons logging jar file.

To make the Spring Framework work, you also need to download Apache Commons logging jar file.

http://commons.apache.org/codec/download_codec.cgi

Click the Download and save it to your pc, in my case, I save it to the folder C:/Spring.

Step4:

Unzip the commons-logging-1.1.1 files (you may have different version name), you should see

The commons-logging-1.1.1.jar which we will add it later in to the project

After you download these 4 steps, now, we can Install Spring Framework into the project

Step 5

( if you do not have eclipse installed, you can download from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/, you

also can find the detail installation in the article how to install eclipse IDE for java EE developers )

Open your eclipse, Go to FileNewProject

Select Java Project and click Next

Type the project name such as SpringDemo and click Finish

Right click SpringDemo project, open Properties , then select Java Build Path

Click Add Library

Click Next,

then, click User Libraries , then click New

to add your library name, such as spring

Click ok

Click add JARS, navigate your spring-framework-3.1.1.RELEASE folder, select all jar files and add

them to

Click ok

Then select spring and click Add JARs to add the commons-logging-1.1.1.jar

You show see the all jars has been added in your user library spring

Click ok , click Finish, click OK

Now you have added all the Spring Framework stuff under your SpringDemo project, you are ready to

go