Anki fails to load sqlalchemy.exceptions and crashes

[SethWoodworth]

laptor:~ [dot*] $ anki
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/anki", line 8, in <module>
    ankiqt.run()
  File "/usr/share/anki/ankiqt/__init__.py", line 78, in run
    import config
  File "/usr/share/anki/ankiqt/config.py", line 10, in <module>
    from anki.utils import genID
  File "/usr/share/anki/anki/__init__.py", line 58, in <module>
    from anki.deck import DeckStorage
  File "/usr/share/anki/anki/deck.py", line 14, in <module>
    from anki.db import *
  File "/usr/share/anki/anki/db.py", line 33, in <module>
    from sqlalchemy.exceptions import DBAPIError, OperationalError
ImportError: No module named exceptions

anki depends on sqlalchemy >= 0.4.3 and according to the release notes for 0.5.8[1], sqlalchemy.exceptions was renamed to sqlalchemy.exc.

[1] http://www.sqlalchemy.org/changelog/CHANGES_0_5_8

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[echelon (echelon-y)]

I'd like to confirm the bug.

Anki's website reports this as well [1]: "Note: if you're using a bleeding edge distro you may get a "no such module: exceptions" error, because SQLAlchemy in your distro is not compatible. You will need to uninstall the deb and install 1.2.9 from source, which contains a workaround for SQLAlchemy."

[1]: http://ankisrs.net/#linux

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

I suppose this particular error has been fixed in the meantime?

[François Marier (fmarier)]

Should be fixed in 14.04.