New installers
The link at the top has been updated with new installer versions to try. Some of the previously-mentioned points have not been addressed yet, and I’ll follow up with some replies shortly.
Once we get past the initial testing process, updates won’t require you to fetch an updated installer each time - they can be reused over multiple Anki releases. When you run them, they’ll fetch whatever the latest Anki release is, and install that. Users who wish to install a specific version will be able to make a quick edit to a config file to select that version instead. After an initial install, running the installer again will trigger an update if one is available.
Prereleases
You can ignore this section, as I’ve updated the installers to opt in to prereleases for now.
Summary
The launcher will exclude betas/RCs by default. As there are no stable releases with this setup yet, you’ll need to run the following command to opt-in to prereleases, or you’ll get an error when starting Anki.
If you didn’t try the installer earlier, please run it once first. Then:
Windows: run ‘cmd.exe’, then paste in the following and press enter:
echo > %LOCALAPPDATA%\AnkiProgramFiles\prerelease
Mac: open Terminal.app, then paste the following and press enter:
touch ~/Library/Application\ Support/AnkiProgramFiles/prerelease
Linux: in a terminal:
touch ~/.local/share/AnkiProgramFiles/prerelease
Then run the installer/launcher again.
Once we get past the initial testing, you can remove that file again if you want to stick to stable releases.
25.06beta4
As part of this, I’ve made a new beta release, so you should see the same version number and build hash on all platforms this time around. The previous test was built over a number of days, so there was skew between the platforms.
Automatic updates
This build introduces support for automatic updates. When Anki’s ‘update available’ pop-up appears, answering yes to “download it now?” will trigger an automatic upgrade on the next launch. We can’t easily test this during beta testing, but I’ll provide steps to manually trigger it when the next beta is available (likely tomorrow), so you can see how much faster/convenient it is.
Installer tweaks
The Windows installer automatically launches Anki at the end of installing, so the remaining download starts immediately.