Installing Anki on Ubuntu 24.04.02

Anki
Ubuntu
Linux
Installation
Author

Galen Seilis

Published

February 24, 2025

This post quickly covers how to install Anki for Ubuntu.

A Wrong Way

You may be tempted to install via apt, but there are unresolved issues around that.

$ sudo apt install anki

You might find that the installation “succeeds”, but you will not be able to open it.

A Right Way

  1. First download the tar.zst from https://apps.ankiweb.net/.
  2. Download libxcb-cursor0 via apt.
$ sudo apt install libxcb-cursor0
  1. Uncompress the installation media:
$ tar xaf /path/to/anki-2XXX-linux-qt6.tar.zst
  1. Run installer script.
$ sudo /path/to/anki-2XXX-linux-qt6.tar.zst/install.sh