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I am on ubuntu 14.04 and gedit 3.10
In a previous post I asked why zencoding plugin did not work on my version of gedit.

But now I realized that from this list for 3.8 ~ 3.10 zencoding is not offered: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/ThirdPartyPlugins-v3.8

while in this list from 3.0 ~ 3.6 it is https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/ThirdPartyPlugins-v3.0

How can I downgrade my version of gedit?

t q
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The make command fails in my Ubuntu Vivid. I suspect that the libraries are too new for Gedit 3.16. Maybe you have luck with Trusty.

  1. Download the latest 3.6 version from here

    cd; wget http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gedit/3.6/gedit-3.6.2.tar.xz

  2. Install the development libraries

    sudo apt-get build-dep gedit

  3. Extract the archive

    tar xf gedit-3.6.2.tar.xz

  4. Configure with --prefix=/usr/local to protect your existing installation

    cd gedit-3.6.2
./configure --prefix=/usr/local

  5. Build 

    make

  6. If there was no error in the previous steps, install via checkinstall and not with sudo make install, checkinstall creates and installs a deb package for you

    sudu apt-get install checkinstall
sudo checkinstall

  7. Create a desktop file

    nano ~/.local/share/applications/gedit36.desktop

    Add the lines below

    [Desktop Entry]
Name=Gedit
GenericName=Text Editor
X-GNOME-FullName=
Comment=
Exec=/usr/local/bin/gedit
Icon=gedit
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;
StartupNotify=true
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gedit
A.B.
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  • Have you started a sudo apt-get build-dep gedit – A.B. Aug 22 '15 at 20:22
  • yes, i went all the way thru. but how do i launch this now? – t q Aug 22 '15 at 20:26
  • The program 'gedit' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install gedit – t q Aug 22 '15 at 20:27
  • sudo checkinstall was successfully? – A.B. Aug 22 '15 at 20:28
  • ` sudo checkinstall

    checkinstall 1.6.2, Copyright 2009 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran This software is released under the GNU GPL.

    The package documentation directory ./doc-pak does not exist. Should I create a default set of package docs? [y]: y

    Preparing package documentation...OK

    Please write a description for the package. End your description with an empty line or EOF.

    gedit-3.6.2 ^C

    *** SIGINT received ***

    Cleaning up...OK

    Bye. `

     – t q Aug 22 '15 at 20:28
  • Updated my answer – A.B. Aug 22 '15 at 20:33
  • Try a sudo make install – A.B. Aug 22 '15 at 20:34
  • make[3]: *** [gedit-enum-types.lo] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory /home/ggg/Downloads/gedit-3.6.2/gedit' make[2]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory/home/ggg/Downloads/gedit-3.6.2/gedit' make[1]: *** [install] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ggg/Downloads/gedit-3.6.2/gedit' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 – t q Aug 22 '15 at 20:35
  • Let us continue this discussion in chat. – A.B. Aug 22 '15 at 20:36
  • sudo apt-get build-dep gedit produces "Reading package lists... Done E: Unable to find a source package for gedit" on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. What can I do? – Nickolai Leschov Jan 21 '17 at 13:50