# I cannot update my anki from 2.1.8 to 2.1.49 **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [November 18, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-cannot-update-my-anki-from-2-1-8-to-2-1-49/15071 "2021-11-18T17:17:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![j1092](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/j1092/32/7233_2.png) [@j1092](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/j1092)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-cannot-update-my-anki-from-2-1-8-to-2-1-49/15071/1 "2021-11-18T17:17:26Z")
I recently found out that i am using anki 2.1.8 and I want to upgrade my anki into 2.1.49 on my linux terminal but I don’t know how to do it can someone help please? ---
**Author:** ![abdo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/abdo/32/654_2.png) [@abdo](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/abdo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-cannot-update-my-anki-from-2-1-8-to-2-1-49/15071/2 "2021-11-18T17:47:25Z")
Please see [Install & Upgrade - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/platform/linux/installing.html#installing) ---
**Author:** ![j1092](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/j1092/32/7233_2.png) [@j1092](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/j1092)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-cannot-update-my-anki-from-2-1-8-to-2-1-49/15071/3 "2021-11-18T17:56:17Z")
yes i tried to put those code in but it kept come up with those error messages: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/d/d1c2da04b3c1044ebbfcaa3ab6a42eafd00ef212.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/c/cd1a7150eac4adc65214ed55b3af98a842e19e4f.png) ---
**Author:** ![j1092](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/j1092/32/7233_2.png) [@j1092](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/j1092)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-cannot-update-my-anki-from-2-1-8-to-2-1-49/15071/4 "2021-11-18T17:57:41Z")
and i just changed the 2.1.48 to 49 because that’s my zip’s version and it still display the same error message ---
**Author:** ![j1092](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/j1092/32/7233_2.png) [@j1092](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/j1092)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-cannot-update-my-anki-from-2-1-8-to-2-1-49/15071/5 "2021-11-18T17:59:56Z")
i also went onto my anki 2.1.8 and checked for upgrade and it just said there is no update for it. ---
**Author:** ![NameLessGO](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/namelessgo/32/34298_2.png) [@NameLessGO](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/NameLessGO)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-cannot-update-my-anki-from-2-1-8-to-2-1-49/15071/6 "2021-11-18T19:10:41Z")
Open the terminal inside the anki 2.1.49 folder then do “./install.sh” Open the anki 2.1.49 folder (only tried with .zip, don’t know if .tar work in the same way), then right click, you will see “Open with terminal” (the terminal will show as User@User `~/Downloads/anki-2.1.49-linux`) after that just do “./install.sh” if that don’t work, you could try install via flathub/flatpack [Flathub—An app store and build service for Linux](https://www.flathub.org/apps/details/net.ankiweb.Anki) ---
**Author:** ![j1092](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/j1092/32/7233_2.png) [@j1092](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/j1092)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-cannot-update-my-anki-from-2-1-8-to-2-1-49/15071/7 "2021-11-18T19:13:03Z")
well it won’t even let me open the anki folder: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/c/ce5d40d60b52a5e96ca46fe1895c6c0e625235c0.png) ---
**Author:** ![NameLessGO](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/namelessgo/32/34298_2.png) [@NameLessGO](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/NameLessGO)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-cannot-update-my-anki-from-2-1-8-to-2-1-49/15071/8 "2021-11-18T19:15:23Z")
try `.zip` it is universal (Windows, Mac, Linux) im sorry, thought there was the 2.1.49.zip package, try to install anki via flatpak See the guide below, to install flatpak to your Chrome OS > **[Flatpak—the future of application distribution](https://flatpak.org/setup/Chrome%20OS)** after that ### Command line instructions Install: flatpak install flathub net.ankiweb.Anki Run: flatpak run net.ankiweb.Anki source: [https://www.flathub.org/apps/details/net.ankiweb.Anki](https://www.flathub.org/apps/details/net.ankiweb.Anki) ---
**Author:** ![j1092](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/j1092/32/7233_2.png) [@j1092](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/j1092)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-cannot-update-my-anki-from-2-1-8-to-2-1-49/15071/9 "2021-11-18T19:50:21Z")
thank you i’ll have a try now what should I do for step 4, it doesn’t look like a code for me. ---
**Author:** ![NameLessGO](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/namelessgo/32/34298_2.png) [@NameLessGO](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/NameLessGO)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-cannot-update-my-anki-from-2-1-8-to-2-1-49/15071/10 "2021-11-18T20:09:57Z")
well, it might be source: [Install Flatpaks in Chrome OS - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE1RjZ1eFkE) ---
**Author:** ![j1092](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/j1092/32/7233_2.png) [@j1092](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/j1092)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-cannot-update-my-anki-from-2-1-8-to-2-1-49/15071/11 "2021-11-18T20:44:07Z")
thank you ---
**Author:** ![j1092](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/j1092/32/7233_2.png) [@j1092](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/j1092)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-cannot-update-my-anki-from-2-1-8-to-2-1-49/15071/12 "2021-11-18T21:55:09Z")
i have installed my flatpak thingy but I don’t wanna jail break my laptop plus my laptop doesn’t have much memory so I just want to upgrade it from the anki web version so is there any way to do that? thank you ---
**Author:** ![NameLessGO](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/namelessgo/32/34298_2.png) [@NameLessGO](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/NameLessGO)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-cannot-update-my-anki-from-2-1-8-to-2-1-49/15071/13 "2021-11-19T00:06:17Z")
guiding you on anki by flathub, because we aren’t being able to upgrade from the anki web version if you want to try upgrading , try this guide to install .tar files [How to Install a tar.gz File on Your Chromebook in 2021 | Beebom](https://beebom.com/how-install-tar-gz-file-chromebook/) What is flatpak? It is basically an app store for linux, just like there is play store for Android, microsoft store for windows… Chrome OS apps are based on the deb library/repository (while they have a lot of apps, some of them could be not up to date like Anki) + Chrome OS repository (if the app is popular , like Discord, Chrome and Telegram will be maintained by the Chrome OS team and will receive the latest packages) while i understand your concern about not wanting to jail break your notebook, the choice is up to you, honestly speaking, most if not all linux distros (Not considering Arch related distros) have flatpaks enabled by default, the chances of breaking your system is slim Quotes from the flatpak documentation ([Introduction to Flatpak — Flatpak documentation](https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/introduction.html)) > - **Stability** : breakage in a Flatpak application will not risk the system from breaking. This is because Flatpak applications and runtimes are contained to not interfere with the system altogether. > - **Rootless install** : elevated privileges are not required when installing a Flatpak application or a runtime. > - **Sandboxed applications** : one of Flatpak’s main goals is to increase the security of desktop systems by isolating applications from one another. This is achieved using sandboxing and means that, by default, applications that are run with Flatpak have limited access to the host environment. obs in the first image you showed, it appeared `9 not upgraded` don’t forget to do `sudo apt upgrade` if you want the latest packages sudo apt update only updates but it does not implement to update and implement do → ` sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` ---
**Author:** ![j1092](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/j1092/32/7233_2.png) [@j1092](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/j1092)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-cannot-update-my-anki-from-2-1-8-to-2-1-49/15071/14 "2022-01-16T16:25:41Z")
Dear Anki Good afternoon and sorry it’s been a while but I figured out a way to install it and all my commands are as follows so if anyone have the same problem with me then they will know what to do: ```auto sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade sudo apt-get install anki sudo tar -xf anki-2.1.49-linux.tar.bz2 cd anki-2.1.49-linux sudo ./install.sh anki ``` you have to download the anki 2.1.49 file from anki website and once it’s downloaded, you have to pop the file into the linux file section in your ‘your file’ section then run the command above thank you ---
**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, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-cannot-update-my-anki-from-2-1-8-to-2-1-49/15071/15 "2023-05-01T04:36:07Z")