Is it possible to update the PyDev plug-in bundled with Aptana?

Question

I have Aptana Studio 3.6.0 installed on Luna 4.4.2 (running on Ubuntu 15.04 64 bit). Aptana bundles in a considerably old version of PyDev (3.0.0) that is largely non functional due to this bug.

The current PyDev release (4.1) should fix the issues I am struggling with, but if I try to update Eclipse tells me Aptana must be removed.

Is it possible in any way to update PyDev while keeping Aptana installed? Or somehow unbundle PyDev from Aptana?

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you probably can't or have to wait an update of aptana... see #18820454 – Syringa

Answer 1

The short answer: no, PyDev can not be unbundled from Aptana. The Aptana plug-in should not be installed on Eclipse Luna.

The long answer: the Aptana plug-in available for Eclipse Luna not only ships with a non-functional version of PyDev, it also breaks various things in Eclipse. I finally quit Aptana yesterday, I just could not continue working without PyDev. After that a number of issues that I thought were bugs with Eclipse suddenly become functional again (e.g. current line highlight, Colour Theme). I wish I had removed Aptana sooner.

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