[Issue] [Linux Mint 21.3 / virginia] Unable to set path to tiddlyWiki executable

[IamBugs]

I apologize in advance, I don't know which infos are important to know and it's been a few hours doing stuff I barely grasp. If some info is missing, I'm happy to provide it. Thanks in advance! The program idea is amazing.

Problem overview

Testing the path to tiddyWiki executable produces the error

It doesn't look like that file exists on your computer. Try using the full path to 'tiddlywiki'.

So did every other path I tried. This must have changed sometime, I think when I used the path to TiddlyDesktop/tiddlywiki? I honestly don't know anymore, sorry. From then I got:

Anki encountered a problem. Please follow the troubleshooting steps.

Add-ons possibly involved: ⁨TiddlyRemember⁩

Things I've tried:

• I reinstalled tiddlyDesktop and tiddlyReminder.
• I gave Anki every filesystem permission in Flatseal, including a custom one to the folder where I unpacked tiddlyDesktop in.
• Gave myself full Admin permissions.
• Tried to start anki with sudo, then safemode, the terminal prompted me to install anki. I did. Still doesn't work, I now have two ankis. I don't know, might be relevant?

The anki debug info says this:

Anki 25.09.4 (d52ca669) (ao)
Python 3.13.13 Qt 6.10.3 PyQt 6.10.2
Platform: Linux-5.15.0-179-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.42

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/{username}/.var/app/net.ankiweb.Anki/data/Anki2/addons21/60456529/settings.py", line 264, in test_executable
    proc = subprocess.run(args, check=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
                          stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                          startupinfo=nowin_startupinfo())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 554, in run
    with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
         ~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 1039, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                        pass_fds, cwd, env,
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<5 lines>...
                        gid, gids, uid, umask,
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                        start_new_session, process_group)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 1876, in _execute_child
    self._posix_spawn(args, executable, env, restore_signals, close_fds,
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                      p2cread, p2cwrite,
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                      c2pread, c2pwrite,
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                      errread, errwrite)
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 1820, in _posix_spawn
    self.pid = os.posix_spawn(executable, args, env, **kwargs)
               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Keine Berechtigung: '/home/{username}/Programme/TiddlyDesktop'

"Keine Berechtigung" means "no permission".

I don't know what to make of that or if I should rather ask the Anki community.

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Installation path

I have tried to follow the Grok book ( https://groktiddlywiki.com/read/#TakeAway%20Help%2FStudying%20with%20Anki ).

From there, I followed the guidelines on tiddlyRemember ( https://sobjornstad.github.io/TiddlyRemember/ ).

From there, I followed the guidelines on tiddlywiki. ( https://tiddlywiki.com/#GettingStarted%20-%20Node.js ) (note: step 4 is different from your video tutorial. I think I don't need to do it)

The terminal informed me that the node.js version I got (sadly forgot which one) was unable to work with tiddlyWikis v5.4.0. I installed Node.js v26.2.0 from the official website ( https://nodejs.org/en/download/current ) for Linux using nvm with npm.

This fixed the v5.4.0 issue.

I then installed the Anki Plugin successfully and here we are.

[IamBugs]

Okay, we're back to

It doesn't look like that file exists on your computer. Try using the full path to 'tiddlywiki'.

Don't ask me why.

I have recovered that I renamed the Grok TiddlyWiki originally. I re-downloaded it, but to no success. Giving the Anki Add-On the full pah is also not successful.

It would be helpful to know which file I am looking for.
Is it tiddlywiki.html?
Is it tiddlywiki.js?

I have one tiddlywiki.js in /usr/local/bin , but that doesn't work. This one points to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/tiddlywiki , which also doesn't work.

[sobjornstad]

The default value is $APPDATA\\npm\\tiddlywiki.cmd, where APPDATA is replaced with the value of the %APPDATA% environment variable on your computer (usually C:\Users\{your user name}\AppData). Did you ever try it with that path?

Calling a js file directly, nor TiddlyDesktop as in your error message, is not going to work.