[Qgis-user] Old Qgis version in Linux Mint

Fri May 9 00:03:24 PDT 2025

I agree that we should list conda as an install option on the downloads page. It
has become a reliable option to get a QGIS install across all platforms. I have
a writeup on conda install and recommend it to my students for PyQGIS
development https://courses.spatialthoughts.com/install-qgis-ltr.html#install-qgis-via-conda
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On Fri, May 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM Richard Duivenvoorde via QGIS-User
<qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> There is no conda-part on the install doc pages...
> 
> Myself I got lost into all the mini/maxi/foo/faa/conda-forest options...
> Is it an idea to add a quickstart (for linux and conda) in those pages?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Richard
> 
> On 09-05-2025 08:28, Alexandre Neto wrote:
> > Another option would be to install qgis using conda-forge.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >
> > A sexta, 9/05/2025, 06:02, Richard Duivenvoorde via QGIS-User
> <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org [qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org]
> <mailto:qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org [qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org]>> escreveu:
> >
> >     Hi Boina,
> >
> >     Other Mint users here?
> >     I've no experience with Mint itself, but would the Flatpak option be an
> option?
> >     See https://qgis.org/resources/installation-guide/#flatpak
> [https://qgis.org/resources/installation-guide/#flatpak] <
> https://qgis.org/resources/installation-guide/#flatpak
> [https://qgis.org/resources/installation-guide/#flatpak]>
> >
> >     What do you get if you just do 'apt install qgis'?
> >
> >     Or else I would just go to install latest possible QGIS version using
> apt and instructions here:
> >     https://qgis.org/resources/installation-guide/#debian--ubuntu
> [https://qgis.org/resources/installation-guide/#debian--ubuntu] <
> https://qgis.org/resources/installation-guide/#debian--ubuntu
> [https://qgis.org/resources/installation-guide/#debian--ubuntu]>
> >     (not sure if Mint 22.1 is based on which Debian/Ubuntu, is it noble?)
> >
> >     Not sure why you need the old version (I should go for the newest, the
> UI is not that changing in QGIS...).
> >     And some version of QGIS is better then nother?
> >     With Flatpak I was able to install 3.42 on a Almalinux stepstone/desktop
> recently...
> >
> >     Regards,
> >
> >     Richard
> >
> >
> >
> >     On 08-05-2025 17:13, Boina via QGIS-User wrote:
> >      > Hello all.
> >      >
> >      > I'm new here and I've subscribed because I'm having problems
> installing
> >      > Qgis. If is not the most mail list suitable, please let me know.
> >      >
> >      > I need to install a older Qgis version (3.34 perhaps 3.38) into my
> >      > daughter laptop for a Qgis course. This laptop is running Linux Mint
> >      > 22.1 Xia, derived from Ubuntu Noble.
> >      >
> >      > I've followed steps in download area specific for Ubuntu/Debian.
> After
> >      > doing apt update, I can see all available versions doing apt list -a
> >      > qgis.
> >      >
> >      > But when I try to install an specific version doing
> >      > apt install qgis=1:3.34.3+40noble
> >      > I get an error:
> >      > package qgis=1:3.34.3+40noble not found in APT cache
> >      > And is not possible for me install that version.
> >      >
> >      > Is only possible install the latest version?
> >      >
> >      > Regards an thanks in advanced
> >      >
> >      >
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