# Eclipse aptana and ruby integration

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eclipse-aptana-and-ruby-integration/103240>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 3, 2007, 9:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eclipse-aptana-and-ruby-integration/103240 "2007-05-03T09:46:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 9:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eclipse-aptana-and-ruby-integration/103240/1 "2007-05-03T09:46:14Z")

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Is there anyone using eclipse with ruby support?  
Which plugin have you installed in eclipse to work with ruby?

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**Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 9:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eclipse-aptana-and-ruby-integration/103240/2 "2007-05-03T09:50:15Z")

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[http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/r/ru/rubyeclipse/](http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/r/ru/rubyeclipse/)

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**Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eclipse-aptana-and-ruby-integration/103240/3 "2007-05-04T14:56:33Z")

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On May 3, 10:43 am, music [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Is there anyone using eclipse with ruby support?  
> Which plugin have you installed in eclipse to work with ruby?

You could use RadRails to word with Ruby/Rails in Eclipse:  
[http://aptana.org/download\_radrails.php](http://aptana.org/download_radrails.php)

I’m using it for a long time and it has all features needed to the  
rails developer.

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**Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 12:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eclipse-aptana-and-ruby-integration/103240/4 "2007-05-05T12:25:37Z")

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Dmytro Shteflyuk wrote:

> On May 3, 10:43 am, music [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
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> > Is there anyone using eclipse with ruby support?  
> > Which plugin have you installed in eclipse to work with ruby?
> 
> You could use RadRails to word with Ruby/Rails in Eclipse:  
> [http://aptana.org/download\_radrails.php](http://aptana.org/download_radrails.php)
> 
> I’m using it for a long time and it has all features needed to the  
> rails developer.

I’ve installed aptana for eclipse and then radrails for eclipse,  
[Aptana.com | Axway](http://www.aptana.com/docs/index.php/Integrating_RadRails_with_Aptana),  
but I don’t have any rails perspective in my eclipse environment.  
I’m using eclipse 3.2 in a linux debian system.

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**Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eclipse-aptana-and-ruby-integration/103240/5 "2007-05-05T14:40:47Z")

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I suggest you try Eclipse DLTK for Ruby source files (you can install  
them both but note that DLTK requires Eclipse 3.3 Mx.

DLTK for Ruby has the smartest completion around (way better than  
NetBeans and current version of IDEA).

–  
This was freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.

Chasing the beauty in programming:  
[www.ruby-lang.org](http://www.ruby-lang.org) | [www.rubyonrails.org](http://www.rubyonrails.org)

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**Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eclipse-aptana-and-ruby-integration/103240/6 "2007-05-05T14:10:43Z")

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On May 5, 1:30 pm, music [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I’ve installed aptana for eclipse and then radrails for eclipse,[Aptana.com | Axway](http://www.aptana.com/docs/index.php/Integrating_RadRails_with_Aptana),  
> but I don’t have any rails perspective in my eclipse environment.  
> I’m using eclipse 3.2 in a linux debian system.

Are you sure you are looking for it in the right place? Window/Open  
perspective/Other  
I have used aptana in Ubuntu for a long time and have no problem with  
it.

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**Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eclipse-aptana-and-ruby-integration/103240/7 "2007-05-05T20:52:22Z")

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Dmytro Shteflyuk wrote:

> On May 5, 1:30 pm, music [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
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> > I’ve installed aptana for eclipse and then radrails for eclipse,[Aptana.com | Axway](http://www.aptana.com/docs/index.php/Integrating_RadRails_with_Aptana),  
> > but I don’t have any rails perspective in my eclipse environment.  
> > I’m using eclipse 3.2 in a linux debian system.
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> Are you sure you are looking for it in the right place? Window/Open  
> perspective/Other  
> I have used aptana in Ubuntu for a long time and have no problem with  
> it.

Yes, in perspective/other I can open aptana perspective but there isn’t  
rails perspective.

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**Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/eclipse-aptana-and-ruby-integration/103240/8 "2007-05-05T20:51:22Z")

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Michael K. wrote:

> I suggest you try Eclipse DLTK for Ruby source files (you can install  
> them both but note that DLTK requires Eclipse 3.3 Mx.

I’m using eclipse installed from debian packages.
