# Anki fails to build with python 3.14 on Arch Linux

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-fails-to-build-with-python-3-14-on-arch-linux/68231>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [January 11, 2026, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-fails-to-build-with-python-3-14-on-arch-linux/68231 "2026-01-11T08:51:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![chrislg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/chrislg/32/32411_2.png) [@chrislg](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/chrislg)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-fails-to-build-with-python-3-14-on-arch-linux/68231/1 "2026-01-11T08:51:36Z")

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What is the current status of Anki development ? The last version was 25.09.

> <https://pastebin.com/nXcdnpDY>

uname -a  
Linux archlinux 6.18.4-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT\_DYNAMIC Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:43:48 +0000 x86\_64 GNU/Linux  
~ \> 09:52:47

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**Author:** ![pipep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@pipep](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/pipep)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-fails-to-build-with-python-3-14-on-arch-linux/68231/2 "2026-01-11T10:37:29Z")

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I’m afraid I can’t really help here, but I can share my experience: on Arch, Anki works fine with Python 3.14 when installed via anki-bin (AUR).

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**Author:** ![vaibhav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c68b51/32.png) [@vaibhav](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/vaibhav)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-fails-to-build-with-python-3-14-on-arch-linux/68231/3 "2026-01-11T10:50:58Z")

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Relevant: [Anki build failed because Python 3.14 is installed on my system (in addition to Python 3.13)](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-build-failed-because-python-3-14-is-installed-on-my-system-in-addition-to-python-3-13/67484)

TL;DR  
After applying [fix(build): respect .python-version when generating pyenv by iamllama · Pull Request #4436 · ankitects/anki · GitHub](https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/4436), Anki’s build scripts will use Python 3.13.5 to build Anki even if you have a newer Python installed on the system instead of just failing.

I guess that the ideal fix is to bump the relevant deps so that Anki can be built using 3.14 too. However, dae is not active here or on GitHub for the last few months. So, the development is slow.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-fails-to-build-with-python-3-14-on-arch-linux/68231/4 "2026-02-10T10:51:15Z")

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