I have been using Aptana for a while with no problems, on multiple machines. Everything was going great, that is, until I tried installing it on my new laptop. Every time I tried to open the program, I received a "JVM Terminated" Message Window, and Aptana immediately closed. The guys at Aptana say the culprit of this message is caused by a problem with JVM on my machine. After reinstalling, updating and verifying that JVM is working on my machine, I tried it again. Same thing! It also seems that other people with this same issue had unresolved support tickets for Aptana's Development Team. So far no one had resolved this particular issue, and I needed a quick solution. I decided to install Aptana and RadRails as an Eclipse Plugin. Here's how to do it:
Step 1: Download and Install Eclipse
Step 2: Prep Eclipse to Install Plugins
Open Eclipse, then:
1) From the Window or Eclipse menu in Eclipse, select Preferences.
2) Select General > Capabilites, and check the Classic Update box.
3) Click OK(The Main OK for the entire box).
2) Select General > Capabilites, and check the Classic Update box.
3) Click OK(The Main OK for the entire box).
Step 3: Install The Aptana Plugin
1) From the Help menu in Eclipse, select Software Updates > Find and Install... to open an Install/Update pop-up window.
2) On the Install/Update pop-up window, choose the Search for new features to install option, and click the Next button.
3) Add a new remote site to add the Aptana plug-in:
5) On the next screen, check the Aptana box, and click the Next button.
6) Choose the option to accept the terms of the license agreement, and click the Next button.
7) Click the Finish button.
8) Click the Install All button.
2) On the Install/Update pop-up window, choose the Search for new features to install option, and click the Next button.
3) Add a new remote site to add the Aptana plug-in:
1. Click the New Remote Site... button to open a New Update Site pop-up window.
2. On the New Update Site pop-up window, type Aptana in the site Name text box.
3. In the URL text box, type the URL for the Aptana update site: http://update.aptana.com/install/studio/3.2/ and click OK.
4. Click the Finish button to switch to the Updates window.
4) On the Updates window, check the Aptana box (shown below), and click the Finish button.2. On the New Update Site pop-up window, type Aptana in the site Name text box.
3. In the URL text box, type the URL for the Aptana update site: http://update.aptana.com/install/studio/3.2/ and click OK.
4. Click the Finish button to switch to the Updates window.
5) On the next screen, check the Aptana box, and click the Next button.
6) Choose the option to accept the terms of the license agreement, and click the Next button.
7) Click the Finish button.
8) Click the Install All button.
Step 4: Install The RadRails Plugin
1) Follow the steps above, but In step 3, Name the plugin "RadRails", and use the URL: http://update.aptana.com/install/rails/3.2/
Step 5: Relax
That's all you need to do to get Aptana Running in Eclipse. It's free and useful. Also, Eclipse has SFTP support, so your passwords won't be displayed in cleartext(they are in normal FTP) when connecting to a server.
Plugging Aptana into an existing Eclipse configuration
- A great article with several screenshots. It covers steps 1-3 above, but I had to dig around to find the plugin url for RadRails in step 4.
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