# Downloading anki on Chromebook. Terminal error **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [January 6, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/downloading-anki-on-chromebook-terminal-error/68119 "2026-01-06T16:12:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DaughterofGod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@DaughterofGod](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/DaughterofGod)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/downloading-anki-on-chromebook-terminal-error/68119/1 "2026-01-06T16:12:01Z")
I’ve been trying to download anki on my sisters unused chromebook since my normal laptop broke. But I keep getting an error just as I try to install it via the terminal. I have no idea what it means and school starts in a couple of days so it’s just stressing me out. Could someone help me with this error, I don’t know what to doo. Here is the error in the terminal: Install complete. Type ‘anki’ to run. firefox@penguin:~/anki-launcher$ anki Starting Anki 25.09.2… File “”, line 1, in import aqt, sys; sys.argv[0] = ‘Anki’; aqt.run() File “/home/firefox/.local/share/AnkiProgramFiles/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aqt/ **init**.py”, line 565, in run \_run() File “/home/firefox/.local/share/AnkiProgramFiles/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aqt/ **init**.py”, line 637, in \_run pmLoadResult = pm.setupMeta() File “/home/firefox/.local/share/AnkiProgramFiles/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aqt/profiles.py”, line 143, in setupMeta res = self.\_loadMeta() File “/home/firefox/.local/share/AnkiProgramFiles/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aqt/profiles.py”, line 432, in \_loadMeta traceback.print\_stack() resetting corrupt \_global Qt warning: Ignoring unexpected wl\_surface.enter received for output with id: 7 screen name: “Screen6” screen model: “unknown” This is most likely a bug in the compositor. Qt warning: The Wayland connection broke. Did the Wayland compositor die? firefox@penguin:~/anki-launcher$ ---
**Author:** ![BenJamesBen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@BenJamesBen](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/BenJamesBen)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 11:27pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/downloading-anki-on-chromebook-terminal-error/68119/2 "2026-01-06T23:27:10Z")
The title of this post mentions “Downloading”. However, the terminal output you provided makes it seem as if you downloaded Anki without any problems. Instead, it seems that the problem subsequently occurred when you tried to run the `anki` command. I’m not familiar with Chromebooks or Linux. However, the Anki Manual does have a page on [installing Anki on Linux](https://docs.ankiweb.net/platform/linux/installing.html), including a section on common problems seen on Linux. You might want to look at that page to see if any of the suggestions help. One of your warning messages included the word “Wayland”. I don’t know whether it is relevant to your problem, but the Anki Manual also has a [page that mentions Wayland](https://docs.ankiweb.net/platform/linux/wayland.html). ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/downloading-anki-on-chromebook-terminal-error/68119/3 "2026-01-07T00:27:12Z")
> [@Installing Anki on HP chromebook](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/installing-anki-on-hp-chromebook/66674/2): > > The guide that is often recommended for Chromebook installs – [Installing Anki on Chromebook (Linux) 2023 Updated Guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/Anki/comments/14sblet/installing_anki_on_chromebook_linux_2023_updated/) . However the install process has changed significantly since that was written, so you might need to start with a pre-25.07 version and get that working first. [Releases · ankitects/anki · GitHub](https://github.com/ankitects/anki/releases) If you can install Android apps on your Chromebook, you might have better luck with AnkiDroid instead – [Anki - powerful, intelligent flashcards](https://apps.ankiweb.net/#downloads) . And I’d update that by linking to this post from 2 months ago: > [@Installing anki from linux (chromeos)](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/installing-anki-from-linux-chromeos/67571/2): > > [Requirements](https://docs.ankiweb.net/platform/linux/installing.html#requirements) The packaged version requires a recent 64 bit Intel/AMD Linux with glibc 2.36+, and common libraries like libwayland-client and systemd. If you are on a different architecture (e.g ARM/AArch64), or a barebones Linux distro, you will not be able to use the packaged version, but you may be able to use the [Python wheels](https://betas.ankiweb.net/#via-pypipip) instead. Debian and derivatives, such as Ubuntu and [Chromebooks with Linux enabled](https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?), please use the following before installing: sudo apt install libxcb-xinerama0 libx… ---
**Author:** ![Fulcrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/34f0e0/32.png) [@Fulcrum](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Fulcrum)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/downloading-anki-on-chromebook-terminal-error/68119/4 "2026-01-07T20:06:17Z")
Starting Anki 25.09.2… File “/app/bin/anki”, line 8, in sys.exit(run()) File “/app/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aqt/ **init**.py”, line 565, in run \_run() File “/app/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aqt/ **init**.py”, line 637, in \_run pmLoadResult = pm.setupMeta() File “/app/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aqt/profiles.py”, line 143, in setupMeta res = self.\_loadMeta() File “/app/lib/python3.13/site-packages/aqt/profiles.py”, line 432, in \_loadMeta traceback.print\_stack() resetting corrupt \_global Qt warning: Ignoring unexpected wl\_surface.enter received for output with id: 7 screen name: “Screen6” screen model: “unknown” This is most likely a bug in the compositor. Qt warning: The Wayland connection broke. Did the Wayland compositor die? First time setting up Anki, got the same issue with two installation methods, once using the method listed on the site (download, unzip, run install) and again using flatpak. It opens when run and opens the language selection, then crashes when clicking “OK”. Any help would be very much appreciated, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/downloading-anki-on-chromebook-terminal-error/68119/5 "2026-01-07T21:30:04Z")
See above. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/downloading-anki-on-chromebook-terminal-error/68119/6 "2026-02-06T21:30:39Z")
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