The latest stable version on Quantum GIS (QGIS) 2.18 codename Las Palmas has been released a while ago. It comes with many improvements, bug fixes and performance upgrade. This tutorial will guide you to install QGIS 2.18 on Ubuntu 16.04 and all derivatives. This tutorial also applied to other Ubuntu version such as Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
Here my QGIS 2.18 on my Ubuntu 16.04.
QGIS is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) licensed under the GNU General Public License. QGIS is an official project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). It runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, Windows and Android and supports numerous vector, raster, and database formats and functionalities.
Steps to install QGIS 2.18 on Ubuntu 16.04
Step 1. Configure the repository
First we need to edit our Ubuntu repository. Add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.listdeb http://qgis.org/debian xenial mainIf you don't know how to do it, this illustration below should helps.
deb-src http://qgis.org/debian xenial main
Step 2. Update repository and Install QGIS
Still in Terminal console, execute these two lines to start the installationsudo apt-get updateWait until the installation process completed.
sudo apt-get install qgis python-qgis qgis-plugin-grass
Once completed, QGIS can be launched through Dash menu. Enjoy QGIS on Ubuntu 16.04








