How to obtain QGIS?
QGIS is freely available on Windows, Linux, MacOS X, BSD, and Android.
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.
For Windows installers please go to The main installers page.
For new users we recommend the standalone installers.
For more advanced QGIS users you can use OSGeo4W packages, which make it possible to install several versions in parallel.
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. Steps are:
Select Advanced Install,
navigate to the Desktop section
and pick one or more of the following packages:
| Release | Version | Package | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latest Release | 3.14.x Pi | qgis | Release |
| qgis-rel-dev [1] [4] | Nightly build of the upcoming point release | ||
| Long Term Release Repository | 3.10.x A Coruña LTR | qgis-ltr | Release |
| qgis-ltr-dev [2] [4] | Nightly build of the upcoming point long term release | ||
| Development | 3.15 master | qgis-dev [3] [4] | Nightly build of the development version |
| [1] | Latest release nightlies SHA: 32 bit , 64 bit |
| [2] | Latest long-term release nightlies SHA: 32 bit , 64 bit |
| [3] | Master nightlies SHA: 32 bit , 64 bit |
| [4] | (1, 2, 3) Nightlies are debug builds (including debugging output) |
Note the warning.
Note
Don’t blindly do a full install of OSGeo4W. Only install QGIS and maybe other components you like. Dependencies will be included automatically. A full install pulls in components that require third party additions, which need to be installed manually. These components render the installation unusable without those additions.
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).
Here you will simply install the latest stable QGIS (3.14.x Pi) 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:
wget -qO - https://qgis.org/downloads/qgis-2020.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 (3.14.x Pi).
Note: “lsb_release -c -s” in those lines will return your distro name:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://qgis.org/debian `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
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 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).
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
Lines of packages:
| Release | Version | Description | Repository |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latest Release | 3.14.x Pi | Release for Debian and Ubuntu | https://qgis.org/debian https://qgis.org/ubuntu |
| Release with ubuntugis-unstable dependencies | https://qgis.org/ubuntugis | ||
| 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] | https://qgis.org/ubuntugis-nightly-release | ||
| Long Term Release Repository | 3.10.x A Coruña LTR | Release for Debian and Ubuntu | https://qgis.org/debian-ltr https://qgis.org/ubuntu-ltr |
| Release with ubuntugis-unstable dependencies | https://qgis.org/ubuntugis-ltr | ||
| 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] | https://qgis.org/ubuntugis-nightly-ltr | ||
| Development Version | 3.15 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] | https://qgis.org/ubuntugis-nightly |
| [5] | (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) nightlies are debug builds (including debug output) |
Supported distribution versions:
| Distribution | Version | Codename | Also available based on ubuntugis-unstable dependencies? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | 10.x | buster | |
| sid | unstable | ||
| Ubuntu | 20.04 | focal [6] | |
| 19.10 | eoan | ||
| 19.04 | disco | ||
| 18.04 (LTS) | bionic | yes |
| [6] | starting with 3.10.3 / 3.11 (master) / 3.12 |
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
Note
Please remove all the QGIS and GRASS packages you may have installed from other repositories before doing the update.
In case of keyserver errors add the qgis.org repository public key to your apt keyring, type:
wget -O - https://qgis.org/downloads/qgis-2020.gpg.key | gpg --import
gpg --fingerprint F7E06F06199EF2F2
Should output:
pub rsa4096 2020-08-08 [SCEA] [expires: 2021-08-08]
3987 7635 093F 2656 0197 11FA F7E0 6F06 199E F2F2
uid [ultimate] QGIS Archive Automatic Signing Key (2020) <qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org>
After you have verified the fingerprint you can add the key to apt with:
gpg --export --armor F7E06F06199EF2F2 | 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-2020.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
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
This repository also provides a copy of SAGA 2.3.1 compatible with Processing. It can be installed with the following commands:
sudo dnf install saga
| Distribution | Version | QGIS version | GRASS GIS version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fedora | 30 (EOL) | 3.14 | 7.6 |
| 31 | 3.14 | 7.8 | |
| 32 | 3.14 | 7.8 |
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
This repository also provides a copy of SAGA 2.3.1 compatible with Processing. It can be installed with the following commands:
sudo dnf install saga
| Distribution | Version | QGIS version | GRASS GIS version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fedora | 30 (EOL) | 3.10 | 7.6 |
| 31 | 3.10 | 7.8 | |
| 32 | 3.10 | 7.8 |
More information are available at https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/dani/qgis-ltr/
Enable the repository:
sudo dnf copr enable dani/qgis-testing
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 | 30 (EOL) | 3.13 | 7.68 |
| 31 | 3.13 | 7.8 |
Testing builds are updated infrequently. More information are available at https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/dani/qgis-testing/
Try the ELGIS repository: http://elgis.argeo.org/
Note
ELGIS requires the EPEL repo enabled, see http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Enterprise_Linux_GIS#Note_about_Fedora.2C_ELGIS_and_EPEL
Latest stable and LTR packages called qgis and qgis-ltr are available in the following repositories:
Tumbleweed:
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Application:/Geo/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/
Leap 15.1:
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Application:/Geo/openSUSE_Leap_15.1/
Leap 15.0:
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Application:/Geo/openSUSE_Leap_15.0/
Factory ARM:
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Application:/Geo/openSUSE_Factory_ARM/
Factory PowerPC:
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Application:/Geo/openSUSE_Factory_PowerPC/
SLE 15 SP1 Backports:
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Application:/Geo/SLE_15_SP1_Backports/
SLE 15 SP1 Backports debug:
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Application:/Geo/SLE_15_SP1_Backports_debug/
All packages include GRASS and Python support.
All openSUSE Geo repositories can be found here:
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Application:/Geo/
Packages on https://slackbuilds.org/result/?search=qgis
Archlinux is available in official repository : https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/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://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 urllib3 module):
flatpak run --command=pip3 org.qgis.qgis install urllib3 --user
Official All-in-one, signed installers for for macOS High Sierra (10.13) and newer can be downloaded from the QGIS download page.
Alternative builds supporting macOS 10.11 El Capitan and later are available from kyngchaos.com
A nightly updated standalone installer from QGIS master can be downloaded from here.
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/. 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
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!