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how to install the gedit regex/regexp plugin for unity in ubuntu linux 11.10 oneiric ocelot

download this file http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/Plugins?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=regex_replace-gedit3.tar.gz

close all instances of gedit

open a terminal/console and move to where you downloaded the file, e.g. /home/myuser/Downloads
cd /home/myuser/Downloads
tar xzvf regex_replace-gedit3.tar.gz
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/gedit/plugins
mv regex_replace ~/.local/share/gedit/plugins


start gedit > edit > preferences > plugins > put a checkmark on "regular expressions"
now when you want to use regular expressions in search and replace you go here: search > regular expressions

source: http://halfhourhacks.blogspot.com/2008/03/gedit-regular-expression-plugin.html
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3 comments:

  1. sam1 January 2013 at 02:00

    Fantastico, Nickleus-- you saved my day! --after spending half of it trying to get a regex S/R in gedit, with your help I have now accomplished something...
    Thanks! --and kudos to Ben Fisher and Dan Carvalho too-- they were just too soon to help with my recently updated Ubuntu
    --sam

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  2. sm8ps9 April 2013 at 17:13

    Many thanks for this how-to! I would like to add that one can use the path /usr/lib/gedit/plugins/ instead of ~/.local/share/gedit/plugins if one wants to make the plug-in available to all users (including sudo-root).

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