https://github.com/pwmt/zathura-pdf-mupdf/tags

Plugin Ver	Zathura	MuPDF	Meson
2026.02.03	(>= 0.5.8 or >= 2026.01.*)†	(>= 1.26)**	(>= 0.61)**
0.4.6	(>= 0.5.6)†	(>= 1.26)	(>= 0.61)
0.4.4	(>= 0.5.2)†	(>= 1.24)	(>= 0.61)
0.4.3	(>= 0.5.1)†	(>= 1.24)	(>= 0.61)
0.4.2	(>= 0.5.0)†	(>= 1.24)	(>= 0.61)
0.4.1	(>= 0.5.0)†	(>= 1.16)	(>= 0.61)

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/zathura
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/mupdf
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/girara
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/meson

| **Suite**    | **Zathura**  | **MuPDF**    | **Meson** | **Girara** |
| ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | --------- | ---------- |
| **Stable**   | 0.5.11-1     | 1.25.1+ds1-6 | 1.4.0-2   | 0.4.5-1    |
| **Testing**  | 2026.02.22-1 | 1.27.0+ds1-3 | 1.4.0-2   | 0.4.5-1    |
| **Unstable** | 2026.02.22-1 | 1.27.0+ds1-3 | 1.4.0-2   | 0.4.5-1    |



we can go with zathura-pdf-mupdf 0.4.4 due to mupdf version dep

we could build newer version with new mupdf-third but it could have new dependecies 

https://github.com/pwmt/zathura-pdf-mupdf/archive/refs/tags/0.4.4.tar.gz



https://github.com/pwmt/zathura-pdf-mupdf/tags

https://github.com/pwmt/zathura-pdf-mupdf/tree/0.4.4 etc

sudo  apt install libjbig2dec0 libgumbo1
download https://github.com/kzwkt/zathura-pdf-mupdf-debian/releases/download/zathura-pdf-mupdf/libpdf-mupdf.so
mkdir -p ~/.local/lib/zathura
mv ~/Downloads/libpdf-mupdf.so ~/.local/lib/zathura

cat reader
zathura -p ~/.local/lib/zathura/ "$@"



if you copy it to zathura plugin dir  /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/zathura/

sudo install -m 755 -o root -g root  libpdf-mupdf.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/zathura/
zathura
error: Could not load plugin '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/zathura/libpdf-mupdf.so' (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/zathura/libpdf-mupdf.so: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied).
zatura 
error: plugin: filetype already registered: application/pdf
need to remove /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/zathura/libpdf-poppler.so to avoid conflict

so install dummy package
https://github.com/kzwkt/debian-faker/releases/download/zathura-pdf-poppler/zathura-pdf-poppler_99.9.9_all.deb