This should be a simple question. On Ubuntu 15.04 how can I get Qgis upgraded from 2.4 to 2.12?
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What version do you have in your repository? I do a 'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade' and I get the newest version from the QGIS repository (vs. the UBUNTUGIS repo...) – DPSSpatial Jan 25 '16 at 1:52
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The Ubuntugis unstable ppa does not offer new versions of QGIS anymore.
So you have to add qgis.org to your repositories to get the newest versions.
See https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/alldownloads.html#debian-ubuntu for instructions.
Apart from editing the sources.list, you can use the Ubuntu Software Center to add the additional repositories as well.
I am using Linux Mint 17.3, and I added the ubuntugis ppa with
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu trusty main
and qgis.org as additional repository:
deb http://qgis.org/ubuntugis trusty main
You would have to switch from trusty to vivid. Both need a key, in my case 314DF160 and D71472C4.
After that, run in a terminal
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-cache policy qgis
and you should see what is installed and what you can upgrade to.
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OK I have tried but adding 'deb qgis.org/ubuntugis vivid main' or 'deb qgis.org/debian vivid main' to my sources.list will still not pull down Qgis 2.12. – SteveResearch Jan 25 '16 at 9:05
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The 'comment' editor hides the http:// but yes it was there. I tried the Lubuntu Software Center also. What exactly should I be entering as the full string? 'ppa'? 'deb'? 'ubuntu vivid'? – SteveResearch Jan 26 '16 at 9:42
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Here is how I did it. I found a page with a good link:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/645343/how-do-i-install-qgis-2-8-on-ubuntu-15-04
[EDITED SLIGHTLY]
To install the newest version of QGIS I added the QGIS repositories to my /etc/apt/sources.list file:
sudo leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list
and inserted these lines:
deb http://qgis.org/debian vivid main
deb-src http://qgis.org/debian vivid main
Remember to add the GPG keys as follows:
gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 3FF5FFCAD71472C4
gpg --export --armor 3FF5FFCAD71472C4 | sudo apt-key add -
Then run:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qgis python-qgis qgis-plugin-grass
This installed qgis 2.12.3-Lyon
