How do I install a plugin for gEdit v3?
Solution 1
gEdit 3
The version of gEdit in Oneiric & above is v3 built using gtk+3 libraries. The plugin folder locations are slightly different than from gEdit v2.
Every plugin needs at least two files.
One file (pluginname.plugin) is to tell gedit
:
- where the plugin can be found,
- what it's called,
- a short description,
- who is the author, etc.
This file is in the .desktop
format.
The second file is the actual code.
Both of these files need to be placed in either:
- the system-wide plugins directory
/usr/lib/gedit/plugins/
, or - in the user plugins directory, which may have to be manually created -
~/.local/share/gedit/plugins/
.
Installing Plugins
First create the plugin folder:
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/gedit/plugins
Now create a .plugin
file using gedit N.B. these files have the format:
[Plugin]
Loader=python
Module=examplepy
IAge=3
Name=Example py
Description=A Python plugin example
Authors=Jesse van den Kieboom <[email protected]>
Copyright=Copyright © 2006 Jesse van den Kieboom <[email protected]>
Website=http://www.gedit.org
For your v2 plugin you already have a file called project-manager.gedit-plugin
so you can rename it:
mv project-manager.gedit-plugin project-manager.plugin
Then edit the plugin file and change the section header to "[Plugin]"
You will now see this in your gedit plugin list.
However for me it threw errors about "import gedit, gtk, gtk.glade".
You need to change the source code to import the gtk+3 variants - called python introspection.
An excellent tutorial for converting from gtk+2 to gtk+3 see
Solution 2
2016 Update
To install all the gedit plugins, try:
sudo apt-get install gedit-plugins
This worked great on Ubuntu 14.04. I'm currently using gedit version 3.10.4.
You will need to activate them by navigating to Edit - Preferences - Plugins. Then select the desired plugins to activate.
Solution 3
I finally found where the gEdit plugins are stored. Try putting the two files to whatever plugin here: /usr/lib/gedit/plugins
.
Solution 4
I have a 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and the folder with the plugins is /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gedit/plugins/
Copying inside it the *.plugin
and *.py
files made the trick for me
Solution 5
For easy installation of additional 3rd party plugins there is a plugin installer plugin
https://github.com/lwindolf/gedit-plugininstaller
which might simplify discovering and installing plugins.
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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OHLÁLÁ over 1 year
I just installed the ubuntu 11.10, and I want to install a plugin for gEdit.
I unpacked the plugin to the following folder:
~/.gnome2/gedit/plugins
but in the gedit doesn't show up the plugin. -
Todd Baur almost 11 yearsNote that there is a good library of third party plugins for gedit 3 here: live.gnome.org/Gedit/Plugins#third_party. For those that missed it in the section above the critical bit for a plugin being found by gedit 3 is that the plugin has a
.plugin
extension. If it has a.gedit-plugin
extension then it is an old version. -
umbe1987 about 8 yearsTo be more precise (as installing a third-party plugin made me crazy), this are the steps to go (from terminal): 1) sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gedit-bc-dev-plugins/releases; 2) sudo apt-get update; 3) sudo apt-get install <plugin-name> (e.g. sudo apt-get install gedit-classbrowser3g-plugin). Cheers!
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my-lord about 5 yearsumbe1987 ppa:gedit-bc-dev-plugins/releases no longer working.