Installing spaCy

From the Anki Tools menu, navigate to AnkiMorphs -> spaCy Manager

which will take you to the spaCy manager window:

• Installing spaCy:

  Note: spaCy is specific to the Python version it was installed for; a version built for Python 3.9 will not work with Python 3.10, and vice versa.

  When you click install, spaCy will automatically be downloaded and installed into a dedicated folder (virtual environment), which can be found here:

  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Anki2\addons21\spacy-venv-python-<version>
  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/spacy-venv-python-<version>
  • Linux: ~/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/spacy-venv-python-<version>

  After the installation is complete you have to restart Anki before you can install any models.

• Install Model:

  Note: The models are stored in the virtual environment folder.

  There are usually three different types of models (morphemizers) to choose from for each language, each with their distinct suffixes:

  • sm (small model): ~10–50 MB
  • md (medium model): ~50–150 MB
  • lg (large model): ~500 MB+

  Larger models are slower, but they might produce better results.

• Delete Model:
  Deletes the model from the virtual environment folder.

• Purge spaCy
  Removes the entire virtual environment folder, removing both spaCy and its models.