Ubuntu – Anki does not run on Ubuntu Budgie 18.10

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When I start Anki on Ubuntu Budgie 18.10 I get the following two messages:

  1. Qt version issue You are using Qt version 5.11.1. Anki has only been tested upstream with version Qt 5.9.x. Upstream suggests only
    using version Qt 5.9.x, and a standalone version containing the
    required libraries can be downloaded from the Anki website.
    Continuing with this Debian version could potentially lead to loss of
    data (though this is unlikely). Are you sure you want to continue?

and

  1. Fehler beim Start: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/anki/aqt/main.py", line 50, in init
    self.setupUI() File "/usr/share/anki/aqt/main.py", line 75, in setupUI
    self.setupMainWindow() File "/usr/share/anki/aqt/main.py", line 585, in setupMainWindow
    tweb = self.toolbarWeb = aqt.webview.AnkiWebView() File "/usr/share/anki/aqt/webview.py", line 114, in init
    self.focusProxy().installEventFilter(self) AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'installEventFilter'

I installed Anki via the terminal with

sudo apt-get install anki

and apt-cache policy anki returns

anki:
Installiert: 2.1.0+dfsg-1
Installationskandidat: 2.1.0+dfsg-1
Versionstabelle:
*** 2.1.0+dfsg-1 500
500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe amd64 Packages
500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Best Answer

I can reproduce your issue on Ubuntu MATE 18.10.

So the problem really exists. I reported it to launchpad as bug 1819063.

We can fix it with installation patched version of Anki from PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:torkvemada/torkvemada
sudo apt-get install anki

Afterwards it will launch normally.

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