Anki startup error Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS

Anki Help
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Hi All,

I have installed Anki on Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS and the program won’t start. Uninstalling and installing again does not seem to resolve the issue. When I start Anki in the Terminal an error occurs. The exact error text is pasted below (except the username is changed for privacy):

Error: Failed to execute: /home/Username/.local/share/AnkiProgramFiles/.venv/bin/python -c import aqt, sys; sys.argv[0] = ‘Anki’; aqt.run(): No such file or directory (os error 2)

I’ve installed the most recent Anki version for linux: 25.09-linux.

I’m not sure how to fix this error.

Anki has worked on my system before, however I had to reinstall Ubuntu recently and after reinstalling I have been unable to get Anki to work again.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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When you looked for the /home/Username/.local/share/AnkiProgramFiles/.venv/bin/python file, did you find that the file was indeed missing as the error message suggested? Or, did you instead find that a subdirectory earlier in the filepath was missing?

In any case, if the /home/Username/.local/share/AnkiProgramFiles directory exists on your system, you might want to try deleting it (which deletes/uninstalls the main Anki installation) and then re-running the anki command (to start the Anki Launcher and re-install Anki).

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Thank You BenJamesBen.

The /home/Username//local/share/AnkiProgamFiles directory did exist though the subdirectories did not. Deleting the AnkiProgamFiles directory followed by:

  • reinstalling Anki using sudo install ./install.sh in the launchers directory
  • and then running the anki command
    worked and Anki functions as normal.