How to Install & Getting Started With Aptana Studio 3 IDE Standalone on Linux Lubuntu 12.04 Precise Desktop Easy Visual-Guide

April 20, 2013 | By Regaz.

The Guide shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with the Aptana Studio 3 IDE Standalone for Linux Lubuntu 12.04 Precise i386/Amd64 Desktop.

Build web applications quickly and easily using the world’s most powerful open-source web development IDE. Aptana Studio harnesses the flexibility of Eclipse and focuses it into a powerful web development engine.

Aptana Studio 3 expands on the core capabilities of Aptana Studio 2 for building, editing, previewing and debugging HTML, CSS and JavaScript websites with PHP and Ruby on Rails web development.

To Make the whole Process Easier to Reproduce the Posts Includes the Basic Screenshots of All GUI Steps involved.

The Tutorial is Practical and Contains Just the Essentials Installation Instructions and Commands.

How to Install Aptana Studio 3 IDE on Fedora GNU/Linux Distro

  1. Download Standalone Aptana Studio 3 for Linux.

    Aptana-Studio Linux x86/x64 .zip

  • Extract Archive into /tmp
    Possibly Double-Click on it in the File Manager:

    Linux Mint Aptana Studio 3 Archive Extraction

  • Open Terminal Window
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

    Linux Lubuntu Open Terminal

  • Relocate Aptana-Studio

    • System Wide Installation: 

      sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/Aptana_Studio*
      mv /tmp/Aptana_Studio_3 /opt
      ln -s /opt/Aptana_Studio_3/AptanaStudio3 /usr/local/bin/aptanaS3

    • Local Installation: 

      mv /tmp/Aptana_Studio_3 ~

  • Starting Terminal Commands

    • System-Wide Starting Terminal Command: 

      aptanaS3

    • Local Starting Terminal Command: 

      ~/Aptana_Studio_3/AptanaStudio3

  • Create an Aptana-Studio3 Launcher for Easy&Quick Starting.

    Lubuntu-Lxde How Launcher
    App Launcher for Linux Lubuntu Desktop
    • Linux Aptana Studio 3 GUI

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