How to obtain QGIS?
QGIS is available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
We recommend installing the packages of the released software.
To evaluate the upcoming release and to allow non-developers to support development we also provide testing packages (note the warning).
In the feature frozen phase preceding a release (see Release schedule) these packages are effectively pre-releases, which we strongly urge users to test.
There are two options for installations on Windows:
For beginners the easiest way is using the standalone installers:
Release |
Version |
Package |
|---|---|---|
Latest Release |
3.38.0 Grenoble RC |
|
Long Term Release |
3.34.8 Prizren LTR |
|
Development |
3.39 master |
See also The main installers page.
The weekly snapshots of the nightly qgis-dev package of OSGeo4W are for users that cannot use OSGeo4W (see below) for some reason or just prefer standalone installers. In the feature freeze phase that also acts as release candidate.
More advanced QGIS users should use OSGeo4W packages, which for one make it possible to install several versions in parallel and also to do much more efficient updates as only changed components are downloaded and installed.
The OSGeo4W repository contains a lot of software from OSGeo projects. QGIS and all dependencies are included, along with Python, GRASS, GDAL, etc. The installer is able to install from internet or just download all needed packages beforehand. The downloaded files are kept in a local directory for future installations and could also be used to install offline.
Steps are:
Download OSGeo4W Installer and start it
Choose Express Install and select QGIS to install the latest release and/or QGIS LTR to install the long term release.
Alternatively to Express you also use the Advanced Install, navigate to the Desktop section and pick one or more of the following packages:
Release |
Version |
Package |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Latest Release |
3.38.0 Grenoble RC |
qgis |
Release |
qgis-rel-dev [1] |
Nightly build of the upcoming point release |
||
Long Term Release |
3.34.8 Prizren LTR |
qgis-ltr |
Release |
qgis-ltr-dev [1] |
Nightly build of the upcoming long term point release |
||
Development |
3.39 master |
qgis-dev [1] |
Nightly build of the development version |
The packages listed in the table only install the necessary packages to run
QGIS. Corresponding to those packages there are also meta packages with
the postfix -full-free and -full. The former contains additional optional
dependencies that some popular - not included - plugins use and the latter
include the former and also add proprietary extensions like Oracle, ECW and
MrSID.
The Express installs reference the corresponding -full variant and the
standalone installers are also made from these OSGeo4W package sets.
Before installing any of the nightly builds note the warning.
Most linux distributions split QGIS into several packages; you’ll probably need qgis and qgis-python (to run plugins). Packages like qgis-grass (or qgis-plugin-grass), qgis-server can be skipped initially, or installed only when you need them.
Below you find instructions to install per distribution. For most distro’s there are instructions to install QGIS stable and instructions to install a cutting edge QGIS testing build (note the warning).
If plugins report missing packages, you can install them using one of the following methods in preferred order:
Search in your system repositories and install the package via the system package manager, i.e. apt, dnf or alternative: sudo apt install PACKAGENAME
If your system implements PEP668, use pipx to install the package: pipx install PACKAGENAME
Lastly, use pip to install the missing package: pip install PACKAGENAME
Note
In the section following this one, you will find ALL possible options to install different versions of QGIS in different versions of Debian/Ubuntu. If you have problems, verify there whether your distribution is still supported as the repositories also contain older unsupported distributions with the last QGIS version that was supported. Beware that those might have meanwhile ceased to work.
Here you will simply install the latest stable QGIS (3.38.x Grenoble) in your Debian or Ubuntu without having to edit config files.
Note
Although you see ‘Debian’ in some places, this also works for ‘Ubuntu’, as one is actually a symlink to the other on our server.
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:
sudo mkdir -m755 -p /etc/apt/keyrings # not needed since apt version 2.4.0 like Debian 12 and Ubuntu 22 or newer
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/keyrings/qgis-archive-keyring.gpg https://download.qgis.org/downloads/qgis-archive-keyring.gpg
Add the QGIS repo for the latest stable QGIS (3.38.x Grenoble) to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/qgis.sources:
Types: deb deb-src
URIs: https://qgis.org/debian
Suites: your-distributions-codename
Architectures: amd64
Components: main
Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/qgis-archive-keyring.gpg
Note
Suites in above lines depends on your distribution. lsb_release -cs will show your distribution name.
In some distributions (like Linux Mint), . /etc/os-release; echo "$UBUNTU_CODENAME" will show the correct distibution name.
See Available codenames.
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
Note
Add qgis-server to this line if you also want to install QGIS Server
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.d/qgis.sources 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.d/qgis.list file (see ubuntugis documentation).
Note
The release packages are only produced once shortly after a new version has been released. As unstable, not yet released debian versions (testing) and ubuntugis-unstable can have library changes the packages might sooner or later be broken for these targets, when the development in debian, ubuntu or ubuntugis-unstable moves on and their packages used as dependencies in qgis change. In that event you can either
move to a stable debian version and use the released packages for it,
wait for the next point release (due 2024-07-19 12:00:00 UTC), which happens every month and will include the updated dependencies,
switch to a nightly repository (available for the two release branches and master) whose packages are rebuild on regular basis and will also pickup the updated dependencies automatically or
build your own set of packages (see build-debian-packages).
Lines of packages:
Release |
Version |
Description |
Repository |
|---|---|---|---|
Latest Release |
3.38.x Grenoble RC |
Release for Debian and Ubuntu |
|
Release with ubuntugis-unstable dependencies |
|||
Nightly build of upcoming point release for Debian and Ubuntu [5] |
https://qgis.org/debian-nightly-release https://qgis.org/ubuntu-nightly-release |
||
Nightly build of upcoming point release with ubuntugis-unstable dependencies [5] |
|||
Long Term Release Repository |
3.34.x Prizren LTR |
Release for Debian and Ubuntu |
|
Release with ubuntugis-unstable dependencies |
|||
Nightly build of upcoming point release for Debian and Ubuntu [5] |
https://qgis.org/debian-nightly-ltr https://qgis.org/ubuntu-nightly-ltr |
||
Nightly build of upcoming point release with ubuntugis-unstable dependencies [5] |
|||
Development Version |
3.39 master |
Nightly build for Debian and Ubuntu [5] |
https://qgis.org/debian-nightly https://qgis.org/ubuntu-nightly |
Nightly build with ubuntugis-unstable dependencies [5] |
Supported distribution versions:
Distribution |
Version |
Codename |
Also available based on ubuntugis-unstable dependencies? |
|---|---|---|---|
Debian |
12.x (stable) |
bookworm |
|
11.x (oldstable) |
bullseye |
||
unstable |
sid |
||
Ubuntu |
24.04 (LTS) [6] |
noble |
|
23.10 |
mantic |
||
23.04 |
lunar |
||
22.04 (LTS) |
jammy |
yes |
To use the qgis archive you have to first add the archive’s repository public key:
wget https://download.qgis.org/downloads/qgis-archive-keyring.gpg
gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring ./qgis-archive-keyring.gpg --list-keys
Should output:
./qgis-archive-keyring.gpg
--------------------------
pub rsa4096 2022-08-08 [SCEA] [expires: 2027-08-08]
2D7E3441A707FDB3E7059441D155B8E6A419C5BE
uid [ unknown] QGIS Archive Automatic Signing Key (2022-2027) <qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org>
After you have verified the output you can install the key with:
sudo mkdir -m755 -p /etc/apt/keyrings # not needed since apt version 2.4.0 like Debian 12 and Ubuntu 22 or newer
sudo cp qgis-archive-keyring.gpg /etc/apt/keyrings/qgis-archive-keyring.gpg
Alternatively you can download the key directly without manual verification:
sudo mkdir -m755 -p /etc/apt/keyrings # not needed since apt version 2.4.0 like Debian 12 and Ubuntu 22 or newer
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/keyrings/qgis-archive-keyring.gpg https://download.qgis.org/downloads/qgis-archive-keyring.gpg
With the keyring in place you can add the repository as /etc/apt/sources.list.d/qgis.sources with following content:
Types: deb deb-src
URIs: *repository*
Suites: *codename*
Architectures: amd64
Components: main
Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/qgis-archive-keyring.gpg
Example for the latest long term release for Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy:
Types: deb deb-src
URIs: https://qgis.org/ubuntu-ltr
Suites: jammy
Architectures: amd64
Components: main
Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/qgis-archive-keyring.gpg
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 python3-qgis
Note
Please remove all the QGIS and GRASS packages you may have installed from other repositories before doing the update.
Get packages for any Fedora by typing:
sudo dnf install qgis python3-qgis qgis-grass qgis-server
Default Fedora software repositories often hold older versions of QGIS.
To have newer versions or the latest LTR, you have to add alternative software repositories based on the version you want to install (stable, LTR or testing).
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
Distribution |
Version |
QGIS version |
GRASS GIS version |
|---|---|---|---|
Fedora |
36 |
3.28 |
8.0 |
37 |
3.28 |
8.2 |
More information are available at https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/dani/qgis/
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
Distribution |
Version |
QGIS version |
GRASS GIS version |
|---|---|---|---|
Fedora |
36 |
3.22 |
8.0 |
37 |
3.22 |
8.2 |
More information are available at https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/dani/qgis-ltr/
Latest stable and LTR packages called qgis and qgis-ltr are available in the following repositories:
All packages include GRASS and Python support.
All openSUSE Geo repositories can be found here: https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Application:/Geo/
Current:
urpmi qgis-python qgis-grass
Packages on https://slackbuilds.org/result/?search=qgis
Arch Linux is available in official repository : https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/qgis/
Install with:
pacman -S qgis
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 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
There is an QGIS flatpak for QGIS Stable available, maintained by the flathub community.
For general Linux Flatpak install notes, see https://flatpak.org/setup/
QGIS on Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.qgis.qgis
To install:
flatpak install --from https://dl.flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.qgis.qgis.flatpakref
Then to run:
flatpak run org.qgis.qgis
To update your flatpak QGIS:
flatpak update
On certain distributions, you may also need to install xdg-desktop-portal or xdg-desktop-portal-gtk packages in order for file dialogs to appear.
Flathub files: https://github.com/flathub/org.qgis.qgis and report issues here: https://github.com/flathub/org.qgis.qgis/issues
Note: if you need to install additional Python modules, because they are needed by a plugin, you can install the module with (here installing the scipy module):
flatpak run --devel --command=pip3 org.qgis.qgis install scipy --user
Spack is a distro agnostic package manager for Linux, which is developed in the context of high-performance computing.
General info on installing Spack: https://github.com/spack/spack
QGIS package file on Spack: https://github.com/spack/spack/blob/develop/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/qgis/package.py
To install:
spack install qgis
which builds and installs QGIS and all dependencies from scratch. Afterwards, QGIS can be used via:
spack load qgis
If additional python packages need to be installed, using a Spack environment is recommended. For example:
spack env create myenv
spack env activate -p myenv
spack add qgis py-lz4
spack install
Spack related issues should be reported at: https://github.com/spack/spack/issues
Official All-in-one, signed installers for macOS High Sierra (10.13) and newer can be downloaded from the QGIS download page.
A nightly updated standalone installer from QGIS master can be downloaded from here.
The package management system MacPorts offers both the latest release
version (port qgis3) and the long term version (port qgis3-ltr). This will install QGIS with
native architecture, Intel x86_64 or Apple ARM. Main software dependencies such as GDAL, PDAL and
GRASS GIS are usually the latest version available.
Installing MacPorts and updating it and the ports are made with
the Terminal. QGIS is however installed as an app bundle at /Applications/MacPorts/QGIS3.app.
Get information of a port:
sudo port info qgis3
Install port, e.g with GRASS GIS:
sudo port install qgis3 +grass
Update:
sudo port selfupdate
sudo port upgrade outdated
Note
Concurrent installation of Homebrew and MacPorts is not compatible and will almost certainly lead to conflicts. If you choose to install one of the package systems you need to uninstall the other.
Previous releases of the official installer can be downloaded from https://qgis.org/downloads/macos/.
Previous releases of the kyngchaos installer can be downloaded from https://www.kyngchaos.com/software/archive/qgis/. The oldest installers support macOS 10.4 Tiger.
To install QGIS from binary packages type
pkg install qgis
Or to customize compilation options, you can build it from FreeBSD ports
cd /usr/ports/graphics/qgis
make install clean
To install QGIS from binary packages type
pkg install qgis-ltr
Or to customize compilation options, you can build it from FreeBSD ports
cd /usr/ports/graphics/qgis-ltr
make install clean
QGIS Stable
To install QGIS from third-party package
pkg_add qgis
See: - https://openbsd.app/?search=qgis # for -stable OpenBSD - https://openbsd.app/?search=qgis¤t=on # for -current OpenBSD
An old and deprecated not touch optimised release of QGIS for Android can be found on the google play store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.qgis.qgis
Warning
There is currently no support for Android 5. Best support is given for Android 4.3 and 4.4.x. This is a direct port of the QGIS desktop application. It is only slightly optimized for touch devices and therefore needs to be carefully evaluated for its suitability in day-to-day use. There are other apps available which are designed and optimized specifically for touch devices.
Warning
QGIS testing packages are provided for some platforms in addition to the QGIS stable version. QGIS testing contains unreleased software that is currently being worked on. They are only provided for testing purposes to early adopters to check if bugs have been resolved and that no new bugs have been introduced. Although we carefully try to avoid breakages, it may at any given time not work, or may do bad things to your data. Take care. You have been warned!
Refer to INSTALL on how to build and install QGIS from source for the different platforms.