# Upgrading to Aptana Studio Pro [edit]

This page describes how to install or upgrade to Aptana Studio Pro.

## Introduction

You can choose to upgrade or install Aptana Studio Pro by purchasing a license at the Aptana Online Store. The instructions below describe how to purchase a license and install Aptana Studio Pro from scratch or upgrade Aptana Studio Personal to the Pro edition.

## Instructions

### Installing Aptana Studio Pro from scratch

To install Aptana Studio Pro from scratch:

1. Purchase an Aptana Studio Pro license:
   1. Go to the Aptana Online Store and create a new account or log into your existing account.
   2. Select the number of licenses that you would like to purchase and enter your billing information.
   3. Click the Place Order button to complete your purchase.

      The Aptana Store displays your license number on the screen. You will also be emailed a copy of your license number.

2. Download and install Aptana Studio and install Aptana Studio. See Installing Aptana if you need help.
3. Start Aptana Studio.
4. Add you license number to your Aptana preferences:
   1. From the Window menu, select Preferences... to open a Preferences window.
   2. From the preferences tree on the left, go to Aptana > License.
   3. In the Username field, type the username that you used when you registered your account with the Aptana Online store.
   4. Copy and paste your entire license number (including starting and ending markers) into the License field (shown below).

   5. Click the Validate button to validate your key.

      Aptana should prompt you to install the Pro plug-in. If not, try re-starting Aptana.

5. Follow the prompts to complete your installation of Aptana Studio Pro.

### Upgrading Aptana Studio Community Edition to Aptana Studio Pro

Note: If you have been using the old version of the SFTP plug-in (downloaded from http://aptana.com/plugins/), make sure to uninstall this plug-in before upgrading to Pro or you may experience conflicts between the SFTP support included in Pro and the older SFTP plug-in. See the instructions in Uninstalling a plug-in to uninstall the old SFTP plug-in.

To upgrade your Personal Edition of Aptana Studio to Aptana Studio Pro:

1. Go to the Aptana Online Store and purchase an Aptana Studio Pro license.

   After you register an account and purchase Aptana Studio Pro, your license number will be emailed to you.

2. Start Aptana Studio.
3. Add you license number to your Aptana preferences:
   1. From the Window menu, select Preferences... to open a Preferences window.
   2. From the preferences tree on the left, go to Aptana > License.
   3. In the Username field, type the username that you used when you registered your account with the Aptana Online store.
   4. Copy and paste your entire license number (including starting and ending markers) into the License field (shown below).

   5. Click the Validate button to validate your key.

      Aptana should prompt you to install the Pro plug-in. If not, try re-starting Aptana.

4. Follow the prompts to complete your installation of Aptana Studio Pro.

## Related Topics

- Installing Aptana
- Downloading and installing Aptana Studio
- Plugging Aptana into an existing Eclipse configuration
- Installing Aptana on Linux
- Installing and running Aptana on Vista
- Updating to Aptana Studio 1.0

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