Quick install guide for Aptana on Ubuntu 8.04.  Modeled after the Installing Aptana Studio on Debian guide found at the Aptana page for Installing Aptana on Linux.  The issue with the guide provided by Aptana (at least for Ubuntu) is that Ubuntu comes with FF 3 Beta 5 (as of the time of this writing) by default.  Aptana doesn’t play nicely with FF 3 Beta 5, and after what appears to be a successful install, spits back an “embedded browser not available” error.  Note: you don’t have to worry about uninstalling FF 3!

1. Install Java (sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts)
2. Install Firefox 2 (sudo apt-get install firefox-2)
3. Download and unzip aptana to /usr/local/aptana
4. Save the following script as runAptana.sh to /usr/local/aptana
   #!/bin/bash
   export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/lib/firefox
   /usr/local/aptana/AptanaStudio
5. Make runAptana.sh executable (sudo chmod a+x runAptana.sh)
6. Create a desktop launcher for Aptana and point it at runAptana.sh
   • Right click on your desktop
   • Click on Create Launcher
   • Name: Aptana
   • Command: browse for runAptana.sh
7. Open firefox-2 Profile Manager (sudo firefox-2 -ProfileManager)
8. Create ff Profile “aptana” dedicated for Aptana debugging.
9. Start ff with the aptana Profile: (sudo firefox-2 -P aptana)
10. Download from here http://update.aptana.com/update/firebug.xpi and install the firebug extension, modified for Aptana debugging. Close Aptana Profile of firefox.
11. Start Aptana.
    • Go to Run -> Debug…
    • click on the Web Browser within the left pane
    • Press the ‘New’ button.
    • Within the right pane: Name the new configuration “Firefox”
    • Fill within:
      • Browser executable: /usr/bin/firefox-2
      • Arguments: -P aptana -no-remote

Hi, I was wondering if this was possible with PayPal cart or if I need to write up some JavaScript etc.

So, I know when you use the _cart command and _upload you get item_x and amount_x etc, but when i tried to use it with just _cart and no _upload I get some error stating i need to enter in an amount.

Does PayPal simply only allow you to add one item per button click? I would just use the 3rd party cart one but I need to be able to update the quantity within the cart.

Here is what I’m trying to do: I have four products, and in one ordering section for ease of use I decided to have 4 input boxes and then an add to cart button. I then have a PHP script that will process the amount they put in, apply the correct price information, generate a form and submit it to paypal via javascript. I also have other sections on the site that just have one button per entry box and thoose also need to  be updated within the same cart.

I’m not afraid of doing advanced things in PHP and JavaScript, I am just new to the PayPal cart ( that my client wanted me to use ) and I just don’t know all of its little quriks.

The only thing I can think of is have four submits of a page, but once you submit the form you go to paypal…

here is some code:

<form target="paypal" action="https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">

<input type="image" src="https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but22.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!">

<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">

<input type="hidden" name="add" value="1">

<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart">

<input type="hidden" name="business" value="seller_1186539196_biz@stevenheller.net">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name_1" value="Set of Four"  />

<input type="hidden" name="amount_1" value="24.00"  />

<input type="hidden" name="item_name_2" value="Color Placemat"  />

<input type="hidden" name="amount_2" value="8.00"  />

<input type="hidden" name="quantity_2" value="3"  />

<input type="hidden" name="item_name_3" value="Fundraiser Level II - $10/set"  />

<input type="hidden" name="amount_3" value="10.00"  />

<input type="hidden" name="quantity_3" value="68"  />

<input type="hidden" name="item_name_4" value="Fundraiser Level II - 68 sets @ $10/set"  />

<input type="hidden" name="amount_4" value="680.00"  />

<input type="hidden" name="quantity_4" value="1"  />
</form>