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I want to install some plugins for gedit, and I need to know my gedit version to install the correct plugins. How do I check it?

Note: I'm running Ubuntu 16.04

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  • here is a list: makeuseof.com/tag/…
    – Rinzwind
    Aug 15, 2017 at 13:47
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    @mon I recommend posting a separate question about how to get formatting and syntax checking in Gedit, with a specific description of what you need. Aug 16, 2017 at 0:49
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    most Linux apps give you the version by --version, -v or -V
    – phuclv
    Aug 16, 2017 at 4:07

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Alternative to the desktop version: command line it would be...

$ gedit --version
gedit - Version 3.22.1
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    Short version: gedit -V
    – Marcus
    Aug 16, 2017 at 8:30
  • yeah and then someone asks: what is "-V"? :P
    – Rinzwind
    Aug 16, 2017 at 12:58
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For version it's Help > About and you should get this:

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You can use apt to get any package's version:

$ apt list --installed gedit
gedit/stable 3.22.0-1

or dpkg:

$ dpkg -l gedit
||/ Name              Version        ...
+++-==========================================
ii  gedit             3.22.0-1       ...

For more info about the version number:

man deb-version
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    Note: That list's the package version, which isn't necessarily the same thing as the product version. It often is the same thing, or the two are very closely related to each other; but they can easily be different.
    – user
    Aug 15, 2017 at 14:27
  • @MichaelKjörling Yeah, that's right ... I updated the answer with a reference to related man page.
    – Ravexina
    Aug 15, 2017 at 14:30
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Another method is to check the "Installed:" clause of

$ apt-cache policy gedit

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