Ruby on Rails Session 2: how to install Aptana Studio 3 on Ubuntu 12.04 lts

Update:An updated version of these instructions for Ubuntu 12.10 (quantal Quetzal) is available here.

1. Install the prerequisites

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk libjpeg62 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 git-core

Although Aptana Studio doesn't officially support openjdk, I 've not encountered any problems, however I 've not done extensive testing. Alternatively, to use the Sun JDK, do the following:

 
sudo apt-get install libjpeg62 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 git-core

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

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Lib120062 is important, without it you will get errors like this:

An internal error has occurred.
No more handlesNative code library failed to load. (java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /opt/Aptana_Studio_3/plugins/com.aptana.swt.webkitbrowser.linux.x86_64_1.0.0.1295409059/os/linux/x86_64/libcefjni.so: libjpeg.so.62: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)

2. Download Aptana Studio

You can download Aptana Studio 3 here. Select the "standalone version" if not selected and click Download.

3. ExtractAptana Studio**

sudo unzip [name of Aptana Studio ZIP file here].zip -d /opt

4. Add the menu shortcut cut

wget http://www.samclarke.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/AptanaStudio3.desktop
sudo mv AptanaStudio3.desktop /usr/share/applications/AptanaStudio3.desktop

For those of you which are security conscious, you can check the contents of aptanastudio3.desktop here or by entering the URL above.

 

 

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Ruby on Rails Session 2: how to install Aptana Studio 3 on Ubuntu 12.04 lts