

Pluma is a MATE fork of Gedit from the GNOME 2 codebase. No worries there’s an equally sound solution to getting an old-school version of Gedit back: install Pluma from Ubuntu Software. To downgrade (!) to a newer version use the PPA-purge command: sudo ppa-purge ppa:mc3man/olderĭon’t want to add a random PPA and/or install an older version of Gedit? There are no promises that it won’t, mind, so keep an eye on which updates you install in the near future. This removes the existing version of Gedit and replaces it with the older version.Īs the original forum member goes on to note of the solution: “Because of naming “is.really.” it is very likely that future potential Gedit fixes in 3.18.3-xxx will not override currently installed 3.10.4, because of whole naming thing.” Sudo apt update & sudo apt install gedit gedit-plugins gedit-common Open a new Terminal window and run: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mc3man/older But those of you for whom the new version isn’t suited and want it, here’s how to install Gedit 3.10 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: I do not suggest that everyone reading this follows this “up-downgrade” on a whim. The solution to this issue has been sent our way by reader ~ grof - cheers! It involves adding a third-party PPA (don’t groan usual caveats apply) that uses some clever packaging to trick Ubuntu into ‘upgrading’ the newer version of Gedit to an older version of Gedit. Now I installed Ubuntu 16.04 and there is minimalistic toolbar which is pretty much not really useful. Get the Gedit Toolbar BackĪBCUser asked the following question on the Ubuntu Forum (emphasis mine): “I used Ubuntu 14.04 LTS where Gedit looked fantastic having excellent toolbar. No features were harmed in the making of this new UI.”įor some, this layout change, however well intentioned, interferes with learned workflows. The goal of the new-look Gedit is to: “ …create a modern, slicker interface which wastes less screen estate and lets you focus on the text or code you are writing.
