Talk:QGIS installation

Using your own laptop or PC

We prefer using Free and Open Source Software because this enables you to install software on your own computer without paying for costly licenses, to learn and continue your work at home. In this course we use the Long Term Release LTR Version QGIS 3.28.4 Firenze. QGIS is available on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android We recommend to use the Standalone Version for this tutorial.

Installation Guide for Windows10 (64bit)

• Do you have already a QGIS version installed? Please first deinstall all previous QGIS versions to avoid confusions by using different QGIS versions side by side.

Uninstalling a prevoius QGIS standalone version

Go to Start --> Settings --> Apps & Features. Now a complete list of desktop programs is shown. Use the search box and type QGIS. If you do not find QGIS, a "Standalone" QGIS version is not installed. If you've find QGIS, single click its name to highlight and hit the Uninstall button..

Uninstalling a previous QGIS network version

Simply delete the installation folders manually: the default installation path is C:\OSGeo4W. You find the user settings folder, downloaded plugins and user scripts under C:\Users\<YourName>\AppData\Roaming\QGIS and related icons in the start menu.

Standalone Version

Installation is very easy:

• Download the QGIS LTR Long Term Release Version 3.28.4 (64bit). Save the file in a temporary folder.
• Start the installation with a double click on the downloaded setup file QGIS-OSGeo4W-3.28.4-3.msi.
• Accept the default installation path C:\Programs\QGIS 3.28.4.
• Click Install and Done
• Start QGIS by Start > All programs > QGIS Desktop 3.28.4.

Network Installer

For advanced applications and specific configurations.

• Download the actual OSGeo4W Network Installer 64bit and save the file into a temporary folder.
• Click the file osgeo4w-setup-x86.exe starting the installation.
• Choose Advanced Install. Next.
  
  
• Choose Install from Internet. Next.
  
  
• Accept the default root directory C:\OSGeo4W\ and check the radio button on Just Me. Next.
  
  
• Choose a temporary directory to store the files to be downloaded. Next.
  
  
• Choose Internet connection: Use System Proxy Settings. Next.
  
  
• Mark one of the download sites e.g. "http://download.osgeo.org".
  
  
• Select Packages:
  • Type in the search field: qgis-full. Click on the + symbol before "Desktop" to extent the folder. Click on the "Skip" symbol marking the package for installation.

• Type in the search field: gdal. Click on the + symbol before "Libs" to extent the folder. Click on the "Skip" symbol marking the package for installation.

• Type in the search field: fiona. Click on the + symbol before "Libs" to extent the folder. Click on the "Skip" symbol marking the package for installation.

• Type in the search field: jupyter. Click on the + symbol before "Libs" to extent the folder. Click on the "Skip" symbol marking the package for installation.

• Type in the search field: scikit-learn. Click on the + symbol before "Libs" to extent the folder. Click on the "Skip" symbol marking the package for installation.

• Type in the search field: rasterio. Click on the + symbol before "Libs" to extent the folder. Click on the "Skip" symbol marking the package for installation.

• Type in the search field: geopandas. Click on the + symbol before "Libs" to extent the folder. Click on the "Skip" symbol marking the package for installation.

• Type in the search field: pdal. Click on the + symbol before "Libs" to extent the folder. Click on the "Skip" symbol marking the package for installation.

• Go on, accept the license agreements and wait until all programs are installed.Next.
• In case you get a message "In-use files detected" just click several times on Continue
• Start QGIS by Start|All programs|OSGeo4W|QGIS Desktop 3.26.