Anki + Ubuntu 8.10 = no go?

stoked Member

From: Switzerland Registered: 2009-01-09 Posts: 378 Website

So I wanted to give Anki a try on (K)Ubuntu Intrepid but now I found this:

http://code.google.com/p/anki/issues/detail?id=111
http://groups.google.com/group/ankisrs/ … ;q=ubuntu#

Has this gotten fixed? Any Ubuntu users on this board? Does Anki work on Ubuntu 8.10 or not?

I see there is a DEB file on http://www.ichi2.net/anki/download/index.html so I'm confused...

(I'm running the 64bit version of Ubuntu 8.10...)

Last edited by stoked (2009 January 16, 4:14 pm)

shadysaint Member

From: Pennsylvania Registered: 2008-09-07 Posts: 88

Anki works brilliantly on 8.04 (32-bit)

Sorry if that doesn't answer your question but you have the option of installing 8.04 and avoiding months of problems with a new release.

stoked Member

From: Switzerland Registered: 2009-01-09 Posts: 378 Website

Well, I'm already on 8.10 and downgrading all my system to 8.04 just because of one app would be kind of weird. In the thread it says Anki should work for the 64bit version but the bug in Launchpad - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/254228 - is still not fixed...?!

Last edited by stoked (2009 January 16, 4:38 pm)

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nac_est Member

From: Italy Registered: 2006-12-12 Posts: 617 Website

Anki runs perfectly (as it always has) on my installation of Ubuntu 8.10. I don't think Kubuntu 64bit should be any different.

stoked Member

From: Switzerland Registered: 2009-01-09 Posts: 378 Website

Aww, okay. So this sounds good. I'll give it a go! Thanks!

kazelee Rater Mode

From: ohlrite Registered: 2008-06-18 Posts: 2132 Website

Yeah, those reports are kinda... old. I had a lot of problems when I updated to 8.10 a couple of weeks ago. I've since ironed them out (save for the networking red x glitch). Anki's working perfectly too.

Tobberoth Member

From: Sweden Registered: 2008-08-25 Posts: 3364

Anki works perfectly on Ubuntu 8.10. Don't know about Kubuntu nor 64bit though.

nest0r Member

Registered: 2007-10-19 Posts: 5236 Website

A lot of Linux users on this forum. What's with that. I've always meant to try it, but never got around to it.

anon6969 Member

From: Anon Land Registered: 2008-03-24 Posts: 49

I'm running Anki fine on Ubuntu 8.10 too.

nest0r - download Ubuntu from the website and install it on your PC. When your PC starts you'll be able to choose every time whether to boot into Windows or Ubuntu.

The programs I already use are the same in Ubuntu: VLC Media Player, Firefox, Anki, uTorrent.

zodiac Member

Registered: 2008-04-01 Posts: 123

A lot of Windows users too. What's with that?

It feels like inertia at work - lots of people just stick with the default without trying out alternatives, even though the alternatives might be better for them.

kazelee Rater Mode

From: ohlrite Registered: 2008-06-18 Posts: 2132 Website

zodiac wrote:
A lot of Windows users too. What's with that?

It feels like inertia at work - lots of people just stick with the default without trying out alternatives, even though the alternatives might be better for them.

I use both ^_^. I gave MAC a try as well -froze a lot -gave it up. Don't ask how.

Also, I use Ubuntu 64 so I can attest to anki working on a 64-bit OS.

Last edited by kazelee (2009 January 17, 12:03 am)

Tobberoth Member

From: Sweden Registered: 2008-08-25 Posts: 3364

I run Win, OS X and Linux, have been doing for years. All of them have their uses (Though windows is in all honesty not good for much more than gaming...)

wccrawford Member

From: FL US Registered: 2008-03-28 Posts: 1551

I just installed Anki from the deb (needed to install a few other things from apt) and then loaded one of my online decks with no problem. I then closed anki and loaded it back up and my deck came up fine again.

Kubuntu 8.10 64-bit here.

What's your exact problem? I couldn't tell from the links you sent.

nac_est Member

From: Italy Registered: 2006-12-12 Posts: 617 Website

Just one thing I had to figure out at first: if you want anki to play audio files you have to install the "pygame" package. For some reason this is not in the installation instructions nor in the deb requirements.

Tobberoth Member

From: Sweden Registered: 2008-08-25 Posts: 3364

nac_est wrote:
Just one thing I had to figure out at first: if you want anki to play audio files you have to install the "pygame" package. For some reason this is not in the installation instructions nor in the deb requirements.

Yeah, if you start Anki from the terminal, it tells you pygame is missing if it is.

stoked Member

From: Switzerland Registered: 2009-01-09 Posts: 378 Website

How is this called in Ubuntu? Is it in the repos?

fish@fishbook:~$ sudo apt-get install pygame
[sudo] password for fish:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package pygame

Tobberoth Member

From: Sweden Registered: 2008-08-25 Posts: 3364

stoked wrote:
How is this called in Ubuntu? Is it in the repos?

fish@fishbook:~$ sudo apt-get install pygame
[sudo] password for fish:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package pygame

It's installed by default in Ubuntu I think...

nac_est Member

From: Italy Registered: 2006-12-12 Posts: 617 Website

It's called python-pygame (universe repo). I had to install it manually, I think. I hadn't tried starting it from the terminal though, that's cool. ^^

stoked Member

From: Switzerland Registered: 2009-01-09 Posts: 378 Website

wccrawford wrote:
What's your exact problem? I couldn't tell from the links you sent.

I'm new to Anki and didn't really have a problem. It's just that I had read that bug report (which seems to be linked to Anki somehow and still isn't fixed in upstream) so I was reluctant to start using the app. I wouldn't be fun to lose your cards due to database errors and such, that's why I asked here first.

And yes, python-pygame is indeed in universe. So I'm ready for Anki now. Thanks!

Last edited by stoked (2009 January 17, 9:43 am)

Tobberoth Member

From: Sweden Registered: 2008-08-25 Posts: 3364

stoked wrote:
wccrawford wrote:
What's your exact problem? I couldn't tell from the links you sent.
I'm new to Anki and didn't really have a problem. It's just that I had read that bug report (which seems to be linked to Anki somehow and still isn't fixed in upstream) so I was reluctant to start using the app. I wouldn't be fun to lose your cards due to database errors and such, that's why I asked here first.

And yes, python-pygame is indeed in universe. So I'm ready for Anki now. Thanks!

Don't worry, that bug was fixed in Anki 0.9.9.5. Just download the .deb from the site and it will work perfectly.

chamcham Member

Registered: 2005-11-11 Posts: 1444

Since then Ubuntu has updated to a new Anki package 0.9.9.x, which works flawlessly.
So if you haven't already, do a "sudo apt-get install anki".

Last edited by chamcham (2009 January 17, 10:47 am)

resolve Member

From: 山口 Registered: 2007-05-29 Posts: 919 Website

By the way, the latest release requires mplayer for sound, and pygame is not used anymore (since it had trouble playing many audio files)

nest0r Member

Registered: 2007-10-19 Posts: 5236 Website

resolve wrote:
By the way, the latest release requires mplayer for sound, and pygame is not used anymore (since it had trouble playing many audio files)

Does that mean there's a way to map (bind?) a pause key to the mplayer.exe that Anki uses? I'm a n00b.

Last edited by nest0r (2009 January 17, 2:15 pm)

nac_est Member

From: Italy Registered: 2006-12-12 Posts: 617 Website

resolve wrote:
By the way, the latest release requires mplayer for sound, and pygame is not used anymore (since it had trouble playing many audio files)

Well then, forget about pygame

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