Aptana Studio Update Site

This site is designed to be used inside Eclipse or to manually update an old version of Aptana Studio. If you already have Aptana Studio installed, it is recommended you use the internal update mechanism available via the Help menu > Check for Aptana updates...

Installing Aptana Studio as a Plugin for Eclipse

Eclipse 3.4

Please enable the Classic Install Manager in Preferences and complete the steps below for Eclipse 3.2. For details, follow the instructions here.

Eclipse 3.2

  1. From the Help menu, 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. Set up a new remote site to scan for updates.
    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 the name of the new plug-in in the site Name text box.
    3. In the URL text box, type the URL for the update site.
    4. Click OK.
    5. Click the Finish button to open an Updates window.
  4. On the Updates window, check the box next to the name of the plug-in, and click the Next button.
  5. Choose the option to accept the terms of the license agreement, and click the Next button.
  6. Click the Finish button.
  7. Click the Install All button.

Install or Update of Aptana Studio as a Plugin for Eclipse from a Local File

Download Plugin Update Site
  1. Save the above file to an easy-to-find location.
  2. Open Eclipse, go to Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install
  3. Search for new features to install -> Next -> New Archived Site -> Select the file saved in step 1
  4. Select the entry for the plugin's update site -> Finish
  5. Select the appropriate plugins to install -> Next -> Accept -> Next
  6. Change location -> If no appropriate location is already available -> Add Location (something like D:\dev\extensions\pluginname, eg. extensions\aptana)
  7. Finish

Update Aptana Studio from a Local File

Download Plugin Update Site
  1. Save the above file to an easy-to-find location, preferably in the root of your drive.
  2. Unzip the file into a folder.
  3. Make sure fix_policy.sh (OS X and Linux) or fix_policy.vbs (Windows) is executable
  4. Run fix_policy.sh (OS X and Linux) or fix_policy.vbs (Windows)
  5. Open policy_url.txt and copy the URL into your clipboard.
  6. Open Aptana Studio, and go to Window -> Preferences -> Install/Update
  7. Paste the URL from policy_url.txt (something similar to file:///path/to/policy.xml) into the Policy URL field
  8. Click OK
  9. Go to Help -> Check for Aptana Studio Updates now...
  10. On the Updates window, check the box next to the name of the plug-in, and click the Next button.
  11. Choose the option to accept the terms of the license agreement, and click the Next button.
  12. Click the Finish button.
  13. Click the Install All button.