How to install third-party plug-ins.
Zander Brown
zbrown@gnome.org 2020

# Additional gedit plug-ins

Installing third-party plug-ins gives you extra functionality that isn't available in default gedit plug-ins, or even the extra plug-ins that are part of the gedit-plugins package. An online list of third-party plug-ins is kept here.

Installing a third-party plug-in involves downloading the plug-in, placing the plug-in files in the right directory, and activating the plug-in.

You can usually download a plug-in from the plug-in's website, but may need to use a revision-control program like git, bazaar, or subversion to copy a plug-in's software repository from the internet. Refer to the plug-in's documentation for information on getting the plug-in.

Place the plug-in files into the /home/username/.local/share/gedit/plugins directory.

Of course, replace the word username with your own username.

After you have placed the plug-in files into the correct directory, the plug-in will appear in the Preferences menu. Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select Preferences Plug-ins[Name of Plug-in] to enable the plug-in.

Click Close.

After you have enabled the plug-in, it should be available for you to use.

The .local directory is hidden by default. To view it and other hidden files, select View Show Hidden Files, or press Ctrl H.

If the directory .local/share/gedit/plugins/ is not present on your system, you will need to create it.