Hello Damien, Could you consider maintaining a .deb package to allow Chromebook users to install Anki desktop in a Crostini container with a single mouse click. There are quite a few Chromebook users on the forum, and I think that they would be delighted to have a simple solution. I have a Asus F…

[image] Anki chromebook Copy/pasting image doesn't work Development As far as I’m aware, none of Anki’s developers use Anki on a Chromebook, so you’re in uncharted waters. Until a motivated person comes along and contributes fixes, the situation is unlikely to change.

Hello back. Is this Damien? If it is you, greetings from Osaka. You are not the sole developer of Anki anymore? I used to post quite often with the nick nodatalog a long time ago. We had a talk about PWA a while back, and you said that it was not likely to happen. Back to the point I installed Anki…

@dae Your reply was a quote :slightly_smiling_face: I missed the expand button.

You cannot just install the Linux version? Download Unzip Open a terminal window. Change directory into the newly unzipped data (cd). Install after reading the README.md, which tells you how to run the installation. I am sorry, if the above is not possible on a Chromebook; I have not used one in …

Hi! [image] Alex: You are not the sole developer of Anki anymore? Even back then, it wasn’t only my work. If you look at the change notes of recent releases, you’ll see contributions from quite a few other people. https://changes.ankiweb.net/changes/2.1.50-59.html

@matta Excellent suggestion! I removed the Anki flatpack package. It did not go well with the Set Font Size addon. I installed the tar.bz2. Anki is now running great on this Chromebook :partying_face:. The only missing part is the lack of an Anki icon in the launcher.

The wording was bad. I remembered that you had contributors. I wondered for a moment if this had become a team project, until I clicked on the expand button. Any reasons why there not an official .deb or flatpack package for linux next to the .dmg and .exe? I had a good experience this time, but it…

I do not know how to edit the items in your Chromebook launcher. But there should be a way. On Linux Mint, which I am running, we right-click on the menu icon on the task bar, choose Configure and then go from there. When I get to the icon used for the application link/shortcut, I double-click on i…

[image] Alex: Any reasons why there not an official .deb or flatpack package for linux next to the .dmg and .exe ? There is an existing binary bundle available, and I’m stretched for time as it is. Even if someone were to come along and contribute a script to build a .deb file from the existi…

Thanks to both of you for the replies. I have removed & reinstall the VM & Container to make a fresh install of Anki 2.1.50 QT 6. Anki opens :smile: after installing the missing library libsmime3.so, but it returns some error messages. Do you think it is fine? Do you have any advice, or perhaps I sh…

Request: .deb package for Chromebook users

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