Cannot Install Aptana plugin on Eclipse 4.2

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AndyLuo picture AndyLuo · Jul 10, 2012 · Viewed 38.6k times · Source

I've installed Eclipse 4.2 Juno. Now I want to install aptana for developing ruby, but I get the following error,

Unable to read repository at http://download.aptana.com/studio3/plugin/install/content.jar.

Unable to read repository at http://download.aptana.com/studio3/plugin/install/content.jar. Read timed out

Answer

user1333241 picture user1333241 · Jul 15, 2012

I assume that by now you have probably solved the problem, but I had exactly the same problem and found the solution after many searches, so for the sake of any others searching here...

The URL you need to enter in the 'Install New Software' dialog is

http://download.aptana.com/studio3/plugin/install

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