oops - forgot to insert that before editing /etc/apt/sources.list I had attempted sudo apt remove qgis which surprisingly said it was updating a bunch of dependencies. The system did act as if qgis had actually been removed before I added the new repository.
On Sun, Jul 28, 2019 at 9:45 PM Alton Teague <[email protected]> wrote: > New to qgis. I am still running Ubuntu 16.04-LTS because many applications > break on 18.04-LTS. > > Is there any way to git clone the latest version or download a tarball or > a complete .deb that just simply installs or updates an older version? > > First, someone told me to just > sudo apt-get install qgis > It turned out to be version 2.18, and I discovered that a few features he > had working properly did not work properly on my machine. So I started > googling for how to get the latest version when he told me had version > 3.something on his Debian machine. > > I think I followed the instructions properly on > https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/alldownloads.html#debian-ubuntu > > I edited > /etc/apt/sources.list > and added the lines > > #QGIS repository > deb https://qgis.org/ubuntu xenial main > deb-src https://qgis.org/ubuntu xenial main > > Then I attempted > > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install qgis python3-qgis qgis-plugin-grass > > It complained with an error, "unable to find python3-qgis" (or possibly > "cannot find python3-qgis") and terminated. > > So I shortened it to > sudo apt-get install qgis qgis-plugin-grass > > to try and force it to either complain about missing dependencies, or > actually go fetch them. However, it completed with no complaints. > qgis desktop and qgis browser showed up in the installed software list, > and desktop started without complaining about missing dependencies or > similar issues. > > What launched is QGIS 2.18, with a "helpful" banner across the bottom that > 3.8.1 is available. This of course took me around the circle again, to the > same instructions that either I'm getting senile and missed something, or > there's an error or two in the posted instructions. > > So - how do I clean out all the vestiges of qgis 2.18 to try again with a > clean slate, where it won't just merrily go get 2.18 again from the wrong > depository? Is there some workaround to gain positive control over which > version is fetched, e.g. a place to download a complete .deb archive that > it can be installed from, or a git clone or some other method? > > Thanks. I've spent about 4 hours trying to get the later version on this > machine with no success and finally gave up. So I figured I'd better ask > the experts what implied step(s) were missed in doing the update. > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
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