It would be great to see official Linux ARM builds for Anki. This would benefit: ARM-based Chromebooks running Linux Raspberry Pi and other ARM SBCs Android tablets/phones using the Linux terminal environment introduced in newer Android versions With Android adding native Linux terminal support …

Logged here: Install system dependencies in Linux's install.sh script opened 06:19PM - 13 May 26 UTC (UTC) [image] abdnh launcher …

Anki 25.07 + supports ARM. Have you tried that? Try the latest launcher release: Release 25.09 · ankitects/anki · GitHub

I tested the ARM64 launcher on Debian 13 ARM in a UTM VM and managed to get it running, but I hit a number of missing runtime dependencies along the way (libminizip.so.1, libxcb-cursor0, etc.). Would it be possible for the installer/launcher to: check for required system libraries before launch, …

Terminal Session / Error Log During ARM64 Anki Installation on Debian 13 (UTM VM) debian@debian:~/Downloads/anki-launcher-25.09-linux$ anki Traceback (most recent call last): File “”, line 1, in import aqt, sys; sys.argv[0] = ‘Anki’; aqt.run() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File “/home/debian/.local/share/AnkiPro…

This is also an issue with the x64 build: Install & Upgrade - Anki Manual The proper solution is probably to provide a .deb package, but that might require building several ones for different distros.

Yeah, a proper .deb package would definitely be ideal, but I can understand how maintaining distro-specific packages across different distros/releases/architectures would become tedious. Maybe as an interim improvement, the install script/launcher could check for required runtime dependencies befor…

[image] salman: print a consolidated list of missing packages with the corresponding sudo apt install Not all distros use sudo apt. Anyways, maybe just print a message if unmet dependencies are detected saying something along the lines of: Make sure all dependencies are installed, see https…

We have some system dependencies specified here for the new (unreleased) installer, but they are currently unused as we decided against building .deb packages for now: anki/qt/installer/app/pyproject.toml at fc88f585248c9096176afac5b2629747cbe4b958 · ankitects/anki · GitHub We can install them in t…

[image] abdo: We can install them in the custom install script for Debian-based distros at least. That sounds like a great middle ground honestly since Chromebooks and android linux vm are debian

Feature request: Official Anki build for Linux ARM

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abdo May 13, 2026, 6:19pm 10

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Topic		Replies	Views
Request: .deb package for Chromebook users Suggestions	12	1458	April 23, 2022
Linux ARM64 Package Suggestions	1	478	January 24, 2024
Provide an official AppImage or Flatpak for Anki on Linux Suggestions	2	2157	February 29, 2024
Windows on ARM Support Suggestions	5	1004	January 20, 2026
Need support for building / packaging Development	14	919	May 30, 2024

Feature request: Official Anki build for Linux ARM

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