Cannot install Aptana Studio 3.6 on Windows

Question

I'd like to use Aptana Studio for Rails development under Windows. I currently have different dev tools & ide's up and running (like git/ruby/jdk) and I'd like to install Aptana Studio as well but I can't. After downloading and running installer, it starts properly and after I choose destination dir, it starts downloading prequisities. I have several problems with it:

1. After a while, it tries to install node.js (well, I am not sure why, but let it be) and sometimes it installs it ok, but sometimes it just fails with no error, telling me only that aptana couldn't install prequisities.
2. If by a chance node.js is installed, it tries to install msysgit (again, I don't know why, because I have git installed and added to PATH). When installing msysgit is done, all i get is info that "installing msysgit failed" and all I can do is click finish in installer which is telling me that prequisities couldn't be installed.

I am using Win7 x64, ruby 1.9.3p-545, msysgit 1.8.4, jdk 1.7. Does anyone had simmilar problem and succesfully installed this ide?

Answer 1

I had this issue and it was because of limited internet connection to source. You can use a proxy (VPN) but the better solution is download manually NodeJs from the source https://nodejs.org/download/ and Git, too.

after installation manually, aptana will check if they installed or not.

Answer 2

I had a problem installing Aptana 3.6.1 on my windows machine. It always shows "fail to locate node.js installer missing windows msi" No matter how many times I tried to.

Here is how I solved the problem:

1. Install Git: This link is for windows and will automatically have the file ready to dowload https://git-scm.com/download/win

2. Instead of installing the latest version, I chose a little earlier version (also 3) but it's 3.2.2 instead of 3.61 (the current one on the Aptana page) : http://www.filehorse.com/download-aptana/11489/

Answer 3

Install NODE.JS on windows before installing aptana

Try the following link http://blueashes.com/2011/web-development/install-nodejs-on-windows/

Answer 4

You have to use portable git not installer.Extract the folder to Program Files and rename the folder name from PortableGit to Git.

Answer 5

I have some issue, the fix is:

1. Uninstall any nodejs version.
2. Install https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.36/x64/node-v0.10.36-x64.msi.
3. Install Aptana.
4. Code...

greetings!

Answer 6

Had the same error initially. so.. pre-installed git and node.js and later installed Aptana, which installed perfectly. Rajeeva.