Quickstart¶

Here you will simply install the latest stable QGIS (3.24.x Tisler) in your Debian or Ubuntu without having to edit config files.

First install some tools you will need for this instructions:

sudo apt install gnupg software-properties-common

Now install the QGIS Signing Key, so QGIS software from the QGIS repo will be trusted and installed:

wget -qO - https://qgis.org/downloads/qgis-2021.gpg.key | sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring gnupg-ring:/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/qgis-archive.gpg --import
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/qgis-archive.gpg

Add the QGIS repo for the latest stable QGIS (3.24.x Tisler).

Note: “lsb_release -c -s” in those lines will return your distro name:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://qgis.org/ubuntu $(lsb_release -c -s) main"

Update your repository information to reflect also the just added QGIS one:

sudo apt update

Now, install QGIS:

sudo apt install qgis qgis-plugin-grass

Repositories¶

Default Debian and Ubuntu software repositories often hold older versions of QGIS.

To have newer versions, you have to add alternative software repositories, by adding one of the deb-lines below to your /etc/apt/sources.list file.

Our main repository contains multiple lines of packages for several versions of Debian and Ubuntu based on the dependencies the individual distributions provide.

For Ubuntu we also used to have extra packages in a separate repository that are based on ubuntugis, which held more uptodate versions of other GIS packages than Ubuntu itself for LTS versions. If you want those you also need to include ubuntugis-unstable ppa in your /etc/apt/sources.list file (see ubuntugis documentation).

Lines of packages:

5(1,2,3,4,5,6)

nightlies are debug builds (including debug output)

Supported distribution versions:

6

only up to 3.18 (GDAL too old for 3.20 in buster)

7

only up to 3.18 (python too old for 3.20 in bionic)

8

only starting from 3.22 (sip too new for 3.16 in impish)

Add the lines for one of the repositories to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb     *repository* *codename* main
deb-src *repository* *codename* main

Example latest release for Debian unstable:

deb     https://qgis.org/debian unstable main
deb-src https://qgis.org/debian unstable main

After that type the commands below to install QGIS:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install qgis qgis-plugin-grass

In case you would like to install QGIS Server, type:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install qgis-server --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests
# if you want to install server Python plugins
apt install python-qgis

In case of keyserver errors add the qgis.org repository public key to your apt keyring, type:

wget -O - https://qgis.org/downloads/qgis-2021.gpg.key | gpg --import
gpg --fingerprint 46B5721DBBD2996A

Should output:

pub   rsa4096 2021-08-09 [SCEA] [expires: 2022-08-09]
      2445 D6B2 54DA C452 A498  989E 46B5 721D BBD2 996A
uid           [ultimate] QGIS Archive Automatic Signing Key (2021) <qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org>

After you have verified the fingerprint you can add the key to apt with:

gpg --export --armor 46B5721DBBD2996A | sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring gnupg-ring:/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/qgis-archive.gpg --import
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/qgis-archive.gpg

Alternatively you can download the key from a keyserver and add the key to apt in without manual fingerprint verification:

wget -qO - https://qgis.org/downloads/qgis-2021.gpg.key | sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring gnupg-ring:/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/qgis-archive.gpg --import
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/qgis-archive.gpg

QGIS stable¶

Enable the repository:

sudo dnf copr enable dani/qgis

After that type the commands below to install QGIS:

sudo dnf install qgis python3-qgis qgis-grass

In case you would like to install QGIS Server (note that it’s not a common practice to install both client and server applications on the same machine), type:

sudo dnf install qgis-server python3-qgis

More information are available at https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/dani/qgis/

QGIS LTR (Long Term Release)¶

Enable the repository:

sudo dnf copr enable dani/qgis-ltr

After that type the commands below to install QGIS:

sudo dnf install qgis python3-qgis qgis-grass

In case you would like to install QGIS Server (note that it’s not a common practice to install both client and server applications on the same machine), type:

sudo dnf install qgis-server python3-qgis

More information are available at https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/dani/qgis-ltr/

QGIS stable¶

Current:

urpmi qgis-python qgis-grass

QGIS stable¶

Packages on https://slackbuilds.org/result/?search=qgis

QGIS stable¶

Arch Linux is available in official repository : https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/qgis/

Install with:

pacman -S qgis

QGIS LTR¶

QGIS Long Term Release is available in AUR (Arch User Repository).

Install with yaourt or other package manager which support AUR:

yaourt -S qgis-ltr

For bugs and other behaviour, read comments here : https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/qgis-ltr/

QGIS testing¶

QGIS testing is available in AUR (Arch User Repository).

Install with yaourt or other package manager which support AUR:

yaourt -S qgis-git

For bugs and other behaviour, read comments here : https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/qgis-git