Qgis installation guide

For this reason, it is important to select the QGIS version appropriate for your operating system on the Download page. You will also notice that, even once you have selected your operating system you may still see up to 4 options to choose from: for Windows you can select a 32 bit or 64 bit version of QGIS and for both Windows and Mac you can select the latest release of the software or an older, more stable long-term support release.

The 64bit version is recommended for almost all users, unless you are attempting to install the software on a extremely old computer that has a 32 bit processor. Installing from source 5. Installing on external media 5.

Downloading sample data 5. Starting and stopping QGIS 5. Sample Session: Loading raster and vector layers 6. Working with Project Files 7. The Browser panel 9.

QGIS Configuration Working with Projections General Tools The Style Library Managing Data Source Working with Vector Data Working with Raster Data Working with Mesh Data Working with Vector Tiles Laying out the maps Once you are ready to run the installer, click on the QGIS installer file you downloaded to bring up a wizard that will walk you through the install process in a few easy steps.

For most users the default options offered in each step will be fine, but you should read the contents of each page in the wizard carefully to see if you think any adjustment to the default settings is required for your particular use case.

Once you reach the end of the installation wizard, click the Install button to start the installation process which should take just a few minutes to complete on a typical computer. Report a problem. This option allows you to create a snapshot in PNG format from the current view.

This comes in handy when you have a lot of projects and want to generate snapshots from your data. Currently, it generates a PNG file with x pixels. This can be adjusted using the --width and --height command line arguments. A filename can be added after --snapshot. Command line option --lang. Based on your locale, QGIS selects the correct localization.

If you would like to change your language, you can specify a language code. Command line option --project. Starting QGIS with an existing project file is also possible. Just add the command line option --project followed by your project name and QGIS will open with all layers in the given file loaded. Command line option --extent. To start with a specific map extent use this option. You need to add the bounding box of your extent in the following order separated by a comma:.

Command line option --nologo. Command line option --noplugins. If you have trouble at start-up with plugins, you can avoid loading them at start-up with this option.