mplus-font on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "mplus-font" 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 mplus-font on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall mplus-font on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "mplus-font" 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 mplus-font's git locally


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


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

ID: 228960
Name: mplus-font
PackageBaseID: 98839
PackageBase: mplus-font
Version: 2.2.4-3
Description: M+ Japanese bitmap fonts
URL: http://mplus-fonts.sourceforge.jp/
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1702485974
Maintainer:
Submitter: anergy
FirstSubmitted: 1440724930
LastModified: 1441691013
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mplus-font.tar.gz