diff --git a/srcpkgs/mathjax2/template b/srcpkgs/mathjax2/template
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+# Template file for 'mathjax2'
+pkgname=mathjax2
+version=2.7.9
+revision=1
+depends="font-util"
+short_desc="JavaScript display engine for LaTeX, MathML and AsciiMath"
+maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://www.mathjax.org/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=c9167279c87da044f2ff910ad573a02ce90354cb59440ae568eb86e1630f65df
+font_dirs="/usr/share/fonts/mathjax"
+
+do_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/share/mathjax
+	vmkdir usr/share/fonts/mathjax
+	vcopy "MathJax.js config extensions fonts jax localization" usr/share/mathjax
+	for d in Asana-Math Gyre-{Pagella,Termes} Latin-Modern Neo-Euler STIX-Web TeX; do
+		ln -sfr ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/mathjax/fonts/HTML-CSS/${d}/otf/*.otf \
+			${DESTDIR}/usr/share/fonts/mathjax
+	done
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mathjax2/update b/srcpkgs/mathjax2/update
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+pattern='refs/tags/\K2[.][0-9.]*(?=.tar.gz)'