How to Install QGIS on Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine

Hello QGIS and Ubuntu users. Welcome to another tutorial of Ubuntu and QGIS. In this article, I am going to show you how to install QGIS on Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine. The new QGIS version 3.10 codename Coruna has been released. This new version officially supports the new Ubuntu 19.10. So, lets do it. If you are on Debian 10, you can follow this tutorial to install QGIS on Debian 10.

Steps to Install QGIS on Ubuntu 19.10

A. Add QGIS Repository

Add the following lines to the sources.list file under /etc/apt/ folder.

deb     https://qgis.org/ubuntu eoan main
deb-src https://qgis.org/ubuntu eoan main

B. Add the public key

Before we can install QGIS, we need to install the public key. Simply copy and paste the following command

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key 51F523511C7028C3

C. Install QGIS

Finally, install QGIS and all dependencies with the following command

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qgis qgis-plugin-grass

Wait until the installation process completes. Now you can start using QGIS on Ubuntu 19.10.