Aptana Studio supports the Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X operating systems.
Supported Operating Systems, Supported Architectures, JVM Notes
- JVM for All 64-bit Machines
- Use the 32-bit version of the Sun JVM.
- Windows - x86 architecture
- 64-bit machines should use the plugin version of Studio.
- Mac OS - OS X \ PowerPC architecture, OS X \ Intel architecture. OS X 10.4 or later
- Linux - x86 architecture, GTK windowing system
- 64-bit machines should use the plugin version of Studio.
Hardware Recommendations
Aptana Studio will run on most modern hardware, but for best performance, we recommend the following resources for each platform:
- Windows - 512 MB RAM, Pentium 4-level processor
- Mac OS - 512 MB RAM, G5 or Intel-based machine
- Linux - 512 MB RAM, Pentium 4-level processor
JRE
Using Aptana Studio requires you to have v1.5.0 or later of the Java JRE installed on your computer.
- Windows: Java v1.6 is included with the download.
- Windows 98: You need to download the JRE separately from Sun if one is not already present on your system.
- Mac OS X: Not supplied because the Mac OS already includes the appropriate JRE.***
- Linux (32 bit): Not included; depending on your distro, you may be able to easily update that from Add/Remove programs.
- Linux (64 bit): Only JRE 1.5 is supported at this time.
To determine which JVM you are using, check your log file (see Accessing your Aptana log), and look for the following entries:
java.version=[Version will be here] java.vendor=[Vendor name will be here]
OS X Note
With Studio 1.1x and 1.2 on OS X You must use Java 5 even though Apple has released Java 6. The Eclipse Platform (on which Studio is built) uses the SWT Toolkit, and the toolkit requires a 32-bit version of Java. Apple has documented this conflict at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1856.
You can tell Studio to use Java 5/JDK 1.5 by changing AptanaStudio.ini:
- Open Finder to the Applications folder (or where you installed Aptana Studio).
- Right (control) click on the Aptana Studio icon and select Show package contents
- Drill down to Contents/MacOS folder
- Edit the AptanaStudio.ini file: add the parameter -vm /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5/Commands/java and save the file.
Very Important: You must add the -vm argument as described above before the -vmargs argument which will already be present!
Launch Aptana Studio from the dock or Finder and you should be working properly.
If not, or if you need assistance, please open a ticket in ASAP.