[Qgis-user] Migration to Linux

[Alexandre Neto]

Forgot he link:

https://github.com/flathub/org.qgis.qgis#flatpak-qgis-packaging

Notice that it seems that not all python modules are available, and may
require an extras installation.

On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 12:53 AM Alexandre Neto <senhor.neto at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Although I agree that adding PPAs can be confusing for new users, if you
> are a Ubuntu user, you better start learning :-)
>
> The QGIS project doesn't officially release binaries on any other formats.
> These are the guys behind the 3.14 Flatpak
>
> Alexandre Neto
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 4:08 PM Philip Barlow <
> philipb at pembrokeshirecoast.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Adding the PPA seems to be a very common stumbling block for new Linux
>> users. Installing QGIS from repos yields a different versions depending on
>> the update cycle of your distribution.
>>
>>
>>
>> Flatpak, Snap or Appimage would appear to be easier, distro agnostic ways
>> to install software. QGIS 3.14 is available as a flatpak… perhaps an LTR
>> flatpak woud fill a gap?
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Qgis-user <qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> *On Behalf Of *Hernán
>> De Angelis
>> *Sent:* 04 September 2020 09:28
>> *To:* qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-user] Migration to Linux
>>
>>
>>
>> Although not mentioned very often, openSUSE is also a user friendly,
>> stable and high quality distro. I am a user since 2005 and have seldom had
>> any problem in all those years. As for QGIS and other geotools there is the
>> Application:Geo repository that is well updated and maintained. My choice
>> however is to compile QGIS from source every once in a while. It is not so
>> difficult as it sounds but perhaps not everyone's cup of tea.
>>
>> /H.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2020-09-04 10:19, Alexandre Neto wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> QGIS from Ubuntu repositories are generally very outdated. For that
>> reason, we always suggest you to add a QGIS project PPA repository and
>> install a more recent version.
>>
>>
>>
>> Here you can find instructions on how to add the QGIS PPA repository in
>> ubuntu based machines and install QGIS 3.14:
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/alldownloads.html#quickstart
>>
>>
>>
>> If you want to install QGIS 3.10 LTR, which I suggest you do, you will
>> need to read about the different repositories bellow. Basically, you need
>> to replace the URL in the quickstart instructions by this one:
>>
>>
>>
>> https://qgis.org/ubuntu-ltr
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Alexandre Neto
>>
>> QGIS Support
>>
>> www.qcooperative.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> A quinta, 3/09/2020, 13:47, Jo <winfixit at gmail.com> escreveu:
>>
>> I'm also using QGIS on Linux Mint.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 2:33 PM Mike Flannigan <mikeflan at att.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I moved from Win to Linux about a year ago.  I tried
>> Ubuntu first.  Due to difficulties installing QGIS
>> I moved to Mint, which worked immediately from the
>> software manager with an older version if I remember
>> correcly.  I worked quite a while on installing QGIS
>> on Ubuntu because I really wanted to use Ubuntu.
>>
>> You can go back to 10/19/2019 in the list archives, or
>> you can see the discussion here:
>>
>> http://www.mflan.com/temp/re_[qgis-user]_problems_with_development_version.eml
>>
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> On 9/3/20 2:22 AM, qgis-user-request at lists.osgeo.org wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Why I will probably go Linux on my Windows 7 laptop.  The desktop will
>> probably need to stay on Windows because of the other stuff.  I don’t want
>> a dual boot.
>> >
>> > What disto would you consider that makes it easy for inexperienced
>> Linux users. Seems like every time I installed Ubuntu, I ended up breaking
>> it beyond repair...
>> >
>> > Any GIS friendly distros to recommend?
>> >
>> > Nicolas Cadieux
>> > Ça va bien aller!
>>
>>
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