How to compile gedit LaTeX plugin?

Solution 1:

1. Library necessaries to build the configuration files

   sudo apt-get install intltool libtool
   

2. Dependency necessary to compile this plug-ins

   sudo apt-get install gedit-dev
   

3. Build the configuration file

   touch config.rpath
   ./autogen.sh
   

4. Configure and compile

   ./configure --prefix=/usr
   make
   sudo make install
   

If you are using a 64bit distribution, you also need to pass --libdir=/usr/lib64 to ./configure script.

    ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64

With a 64bit distribution, I also had to create two symbolic links, otherwise the plugin would not show up:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib64/gedit/plugins/latex.plugin /usr/lib/gedit/plugins/
sudo ln -s /usr/lib64/gedit/plugins/latex /usr/lib/gedit/plugins/