The plugin is semi-active

[Daniele]

The plugin is semi-active: it provides menu entries, but does not
perform actions like compilation. The bottom command window does not
appear.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: gedit-latex-plugin 3.20.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-58.64-generic 5.4.73
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-58-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: openafs
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.14
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Jan 1 19:31:18 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-06-22 (559 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: gedit-latex-plugin
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.default.apport:
 # set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it
 # you can temporarily override this with
 # sudo service apport start force_start=1
 enabled=0
mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2020-09-10T15:32:28.200200