How to upgrade Anki desktop on old Lubuntu 32-bit laptop?

[pgo]

hello
I have anki 2.0.52 installed on Lubuntu and I am unable to sync anki. I get the following msg which I know to be untrue:

Syncing failed:

Error establishing a secure connection. This is usually caused by antivirus, firewall or VPN software, or problems with your ISP.

I tried installing anki 2.1.38 on Jan 2 2021 (followed instructions on website) but it wouldn’t run, gave an error because hardware is 32-bit architecture, not 64 bit.

Is there a way I can upgrade AND sync my decks?
Thanks in advance.

[fraolt]

Hi @pgo,

I’m afraid the last version that is currently working on 32-bit systems is 2.1.35.

See this post for the technical details:

Changing Anki's build system to Bazel

rules_nodejs may provide some way of specifying a local node installation, but I do not know if you’ll run into further issues. I’m afraid the writing has been on the wall for 32 bit for some time - Qt and orjson already did not provide 32 bit Linux builds, and with Bazel not providing them either, it is hard to justify spending engineering effort trying to keep a dying platform working when the upstream tools have already decided against it. (of course, you should be able to continue to use 2.…

[pgo]

Will try installing the 2.1.35, from 2.0.52.
will let you know how that goes…