Setting up Anki on Pop!_OS 22.04: A step by step guide

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Anki

Anki is a program which makes remembering things easy. Because it's a lot more efficient than traditional study methods, you can either greatly decrease your time spent studying, or greatly increase the amount you learn.

Anki uses the spaced repetition concept, which is an evidence-based learning technique that is usually performed with flashcards.

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Let's get down to business

Shall we?

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Check your OS (optional)

This step is just to make sure you have Pop!_OS installed.

uname -a
hostnamectl
lsb_release -a
cat /etc/os-release

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Update packages info

sudo apt-get update

Running sudo apt-get update is an important step before installing or upgrading packages on your system because it ensures that you have the most up-to-date information about available packages.

Without updating the package index, you might not see the latest versions of software or be able to install new packages that have been added to the repositories since the last update.

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Install requirements

sudo apt install libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-cursor0

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Download the installer

The official installer can be found directly here or you can check other alternate versions in this page.

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Install zstd

Zstandard, often abbreviated as zstd, is a free, open-source, real-time compression algorithm. It is a fast lossless compression algorithm, targeting real-time compression scenarios at zlib-level and better compression ratios.

sudo apt install zstd

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Extract files from the downloaded installer

tar xaf ~/Downloads/anki-2.1.66-linux-qt6.tar.zst -C ~/Downloads/

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The tar command is used for handling archives.

The x flag extracts files from an archive.

The a flag automatically determine the archive format based on the file extension.

The f specifies the archive file to work with. You should follow this option with the name of the archive file.

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Execute the installer

cd ~/Downloads/anki-2.1.66-linux-qt6/
sudo ./install.sh

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Check installation

Version

anki --version

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Executable file's path

which anki

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Run after installation

anki

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Configure Anki

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Sync with your web account

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Done

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Celebrate

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