Changing the update type of your Aptana Studio and Specifying a Policy URL

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This page describes how to change your update version of Aptana as well as how to specify, when appropriate, a policy URL.

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Introduction

When you update Aptana, you have the option of updating to one of:

  • current stable build
  • next stable build (a near-ready pre-release version of the next "official" public release)
  • nightly build
  • special build available at an update policy URL

Note: If you just want to update to the next stable build, you don't need to change your policy URL; just follow the instructions in Updating your version of Aptana to update your stable build. By default the build version that you installed will automatically use the same type. We recommend always installing the stable build version unless you plan to have two instances of Aptana running on your computer.

Instructions

Specify your update type using Preferences. You can either choose an update type from a list of menu options or bmanually specify the policy URL for retrieving updates.

  1. From the Window menu, select Preferences... to open the Preferences window.
  2. On the Preferences tree on the left, expand Aptana and select Updates to open the Updates window (shown below).

    Image:Update-preferences-screen.png

  3. To receive automatic updates, make sure that the Automatically find new updates and notify me box is checked.
  4. Under Download Options, choose whether to just notify you of new updates or whether to automatically download updates.
  5. Under What type of updates would you like to see?, choose one of the following options:
    • Stable/current - The current "official" release
    • Next Release candidate - Fairly stable build that is a candidate to soon become the "official" release
    • Nightly builds - The newest build that is available to the public. May contain bugs and may not be stable.
    • Custom update policy - Manually specify a policy URL (see instructions below).
    • Developer builds - Builds for Aptana internal use only.
  6. Click Apply to save your changes.
  7. Click OK to close the Preferences window.
  8. Choose Check for Aptana Updates now from the Help menu to force the update manager to check for the latest version.

Manually Downloading the Update

Download the latest release from http://update.aptana.com/install/3.2/ and follow the installation instructions listed on that page.

Note: You may need to start Eclipse from the command-line with the "clean" option (eclipse -clean) when the update doesn't complete properly.

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