Command menu in aptana studio 3 is not working in ubuntu 14.04

Question

The command menu of Aptana Studio 3 is not showing in a Ubuntu 14.04.

Other menu items are working fine. Can anybody suggest a solution for this issue?

Answer 1

Had the same issues here. Solved it by installing the Jave RE from Oracle. Downloaded the archive from the Oracle site and then followed the procedure as described below.

• Extract the folder from the archive.
• Copy the folder to /opt/Oracle_Java/ (I had do create this folder).

• Run the following commands. (Note: Make sure to change the VERSION according to the version you download from Oracle).

  sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/opt/Oracle_Java/jre1.8.0_VERSION/bin/java" 1
  sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javaws" "javaws" "/opt/Oracle_Java/jre1.8.0_VERSION/bin/javaws" 1 
  

• Then run these commands:

  sudo update-alternatives --set "java" "/opt/Oracle_Java/jre1.8.0_VERSION/bin/java"
  sudo update-alternatives --set "javaws" "/opt/Oracle_Java/jre1.8.0_VERSION/bin/javaws" 
  

After installing Java, you can run Aptana.

You should start Aptana with export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0. I use a small script to start it (make sure to adapt the path):

#!/bin/bash
export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0
/path/to/Aptana_Studio_3/AptanaStudio3