QGIS Installation#

🔙Back to Homepage

🚀Quick guide QGIS 3.28 - installation and basic setup#

QGIS 3.28 - installation and basic setup

QGIS Download and Installation#

QGIS is open source and therefore freely available to everyone at no cost. You can install QGIS for Windows, Mac and Linux computers. The installation of QGIS is very simple. Depending on your system (Windows, Mac or Linux) there are some things to look out for. You can find advice below on how to install QGIS on different operating systems.

Warning

There are many versions of QGIS. It is recommended to use the Long Term Release versions because it is the most stable and contains the fewest bugs.

The current Long Term Release is QGIS 3.28.11 Firenze

QGIS Download#

  1. Go to the QGIS download page.

  2. Select Download for Windows, Download for macOS or Download for Linux, depending on your operating system.

  3. Click on Looking for the most stable version? Get QGIS 3.28 LTR

../../_images/QGIS_download_LTR_version.png

  1. The download will start.

  2. Locate the downloaded file (usually in your Downloads folder) and run it to start the installer

  3. Follow the installer instructions to install QGIS!

Windows specialities#

32 Bit or 64 Bit?#

For Windows operating systems, there is always a 32-bit version and a 64-bit version of each QGIS version available for download. Which version to install depends on your computer and operating system. If it is not clear how many bits your operating system has, you can easily find out: Left-click on the Windows icon at the bottom left of the screen (alternatively, open the Windows search function). Type “System” on the keyboard, click on the entry “System” in the search results. Under the item “System type” you can read the bit number.

Note

Since QGIS 3.20 there are only 64-bit Windows executables.

Mac specialities#

Note

From version 3.30 SAGA must be integrated via plugin.

Linux specialities#

Note

From version 3.30 SAGA must be integrated via plugin.

For installation on Linux systems with apt you can install QGIS:

sudo apt install qgis qgis-plugin-grass

In the conventional apt package sources, an older version of QGIS will probably be installed. If you are using the package source Ubuntugis, observe the following installation notes

If you install a QGIS version 3.30 or higher you have to install the plugin Processing Saga NextGen Provider .