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I installed Aptana Studio 3 tonight... But something went wrong. The IDE does not have a launcher icon and I can't run it from a terminal. I am using Ubuntu 19.04.

I followed a tutorial from the web, but the tutorial is difficult to understand. Please, if possible, I need a complete tutorial teaching how to complete uninstall it and reinstall it.

I noticed that in the tutorial the name of the zip to unzip is different from the zip pack I downloaded. So I changed the name and it works. But the code to make a symlink does not work. So I simply cannot make the IDE work.

Eliah Kagan
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Erick Bianchini
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    Possible duplicate of how do I install Aptana Studio 3 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS? – Raffa Aug 23 '19 at 02:40
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    The link is this: https://tutorialforlinux.com/2019/03/22/how-to-install-aptana-studio-3-on-ubuntu-19-04-disco/. I noticed that in the tutorial the name of the zip to unzip is different from the zip pack i downloaded. So i change the name and it works. But the code to make a Symlink does not work. So i simple can not make the IDE work... I hope someone can help me here. Thank you all. – Erick Bianchini Aug 23 '19 at 11:35
  • @ErickBianchini I added an answer below with the easiest way I could think of. Please try it and let me know if you need help. – Raffa Aug 24 '19 at 06:35

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This is the easiest way to have Aptana Studio 3 up and running on Ubuntu in no time.

Firstly: Install the required JAVA version openjdk-8-jdk and set it as default by following the instructions below:

  • To install openjdk-8-jdk, please run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk
  • To set openjdk-8-jdk as default, please run the following command in the terminal:
sudo update-alternatives --config java

You will see an output like this:

  Selection    Path                                            Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
  0            /usr/lib/jvm/java-14-openjdk-amd64/bin/java      1411      auto mode
  1            /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/java      1111      manual mode
  2            /usr/lib/jvm/java-14-openjdk-amd64/bin/java      1411      manual mode
* 3            /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java   1081      manual mode

Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:

Please, enter the number in front of java-8-openjdk under Selection column and press Enter

Secondly: download, extract and set permissions for Aptana Studio 3 by following the instructions below:

  1. Please download the latest aptana.studio-linux.gtk.x86_64.zip from here and place it in your home directory or wherever you want.
  2. Please right click on the downloaded aptana.studio-linux.gtk.x86_64.zip file and extract it by choosing Extract Here. You will then have a new directory with the extracted Aptana Studio 3 in it like in the image below:

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You will need unzip to extract the file. If it is not installed, please install it by running the following command in the terminal:

sudo apt install unzip
  1. Please double click on the newly extracted directory to open it.
  2. Once inside the directory, please find the AptanaStudio3 file and right click on it and select properties.
  3. Please, select the Permissions tab and put a check mark next to Execute like in the image below:

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Finally: Double click on the AptanaStudio3 file to run Aptana Studio 3 and enjoy.

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