mplcairo on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 12,2025

1. Install "mplcairo" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install mplcairo on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall mplcairo on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "mplcairo" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone mplcairo's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/mplcairo.git 
            
                        
                ~/mplcairo
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/mplcairo folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/mplcairo
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mplcairo package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1313297
Name: mplcairo
PackageBaseID: 186764
PackageBase: mplcairo
Version: 0.5-1
Description: A (new) cairo backend for Matplotlib.
URL: https://github.com/matplotlib/mplcairo
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: greyltc
Submitter: greyltc
FirstSubmitted: 1666270576
LastModified: 1693766559
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mplcairo.tar.gz