Install Aptana Studio 3 on Linux Mint 16 Petra Easy Guide

November 20, 2013 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Install Aptana Studio 3 on Linux Mint 16 Petra

The Visual Guide shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with the Aptana Studio 3 IDE Standalone on Linux Mint 16 Petra Mate/Cinnamon/KDE/Xfce i386/Amd64 Desktop.

Build web applications quickly and easily using the World 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 HTML5, 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 How to Install Aptana Studio 3 on Linux 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:

    Install Aptana Studio 3 on Linux Mint 16 Petra - Extraction

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

    Install Aptana Studio 3 on Linux Mint 16 Petra - 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 Aptana Studio 3 from Terminal

    • System-Wide Setup Launcher Terminal Command: 

      aptanaS3

    • Local Installation Launcher Terminal Command: 

      ~/Aptana_Studio_3/AptanaStudio3

  • Create an Aptana-Studio3 App Launcher.

    Mint App Launcher How-to
    How to Create a Linux Mint App Launcher
    • Install Aptana Studio 3 on Linux Mint 16 Petra - Aptana Studio 3 GUI