# Cannot update Anki Desktop **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [May 28, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/cannot-update-anki-desktop/10358 "2021-05-28T18:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mfraidmylord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@mfraidmylord](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/mfraidmylord)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/cannot-update-anki-desktop/10358/1 "2021-05-28T18:44:46Z")
I’ve got a weird problem. I run `sudo ./install.sh`, everything is success yet I still get “do you want to update window” on startup, and I open the help window, I discover Anki is still in 2.1.40, and hasn’t updated itself since! even though I distinctly remember installing a version after 2.140! I download 2.1.40 package, run the uninstall script, get “uninstall complete” message from terminal, Anki icon disappears from my dock and then I run the 2.1.44 script, yet the version is still 2.1.40! and I still get “Do you want to update” window at startup! Using Manjaro Gnome. Version ⁨2.1.40 (cf446733)⁩ Python 3.9.4 Qt 5.15.2 PyQt 5.15.4 ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/cannot-update-anki-desktop/10358/2 "2021-05-31T06:49:17Z")
Maybe you have older files lying around in another location? ---
**Author:** ![mfraidmylord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@mfraidmylord](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/mfraidmylord)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/cannot-update-anki-desktop/10358/3 "2021-05-31T08:14:36Z")
Holy shit, I love you @dae wouldn’t have survived the last few academic years, maybe would’ve straight up dropped out, if it wasn’t for Anki. Ok so, I searched via root folder and deleted all the files with keyword Anki. I did find a binary “Anki” in /proc/63105/cwd/bin/ and a symlink (I think its called) to downloads folder 's Anki dir inside cwd/bin . I figured it was time for a long awaited distro hop and wiped my root partition, installed Manajaro KDE, and still 2.1.40 greets me! I don’t know how that’s possible since anki is always installed with sudo and I always use tar package from the website. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/cannot-update-anki-desktop/10358/4 "2021-05-31T12:20:04Z")
The proc entries are likely your terminal. After uninstalling Anki, what happens if you type in ‘anki’ or ‘Anki’ in the terminal? ---
**Author:** ![mfraidmylord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@mfraidmylord](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/mfraidmylord)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/cannot-update-anki-desktop/10358/5 "2021-05-31T12:58:02Z")
I distro hopped to ubuntu in the meantime and the update problem is gone. I tried to replicate it by uninstalling current version and installing 2.1.40 again but it seems fine in ubuntu, will report back if its still present on manjaro. I did type anki on terminal while on manjaro and the terminal said command not found. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/cannot-update-anki-desktop/10358/6 "2023-05-01T05:03:08Z")