Setting up an existing project on aptana (No Rakefile found problem)

Question

I just installed aptana, and i have the repository for the rails project.. So i open a new project and point it to my repository.. and it opens... But i can't do any rake tasks. Under rake tab, it says that "no rake tasts found. Likely cause is no Rakefile for the project"

But i can see the Rakefile in the project.. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

The problem is you have to change the Installed Interpreter path in aptana studio , by default the aptana studio takes it own version of the interpreter ie org.jruby . Make sure to change the path to your locally installed ruby environment .

In order to change it go to Windows->Preference->Ruby->Installed Interpreters

If you are working in windows Add a new environment provide

  RubyVM home directory = c:\ruby  

If you are working in ubuntu or any other linux platform provide

  RubyVM home directory = /usr/bin 

This makes all the gems ,rake to available to your aptana studio . still if doesnot work second option would be, provide the rake path where you have installed in aptana .

In order to change it go to Windows->Preference->Ruby->Rake

provide the rake path = (your-installed-rake path )

Good luck !

Answer 2

I'm a bit late but I've encountered a similar issue and finally found out that there was no target in Rakefile, that's why this message is displayed. Just add one and this error message will go away.