Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, QGIS is an open-source, cross-platform geographica information system (GIS), developed in Qt and C++ and has support for a big number of raster and vector data format.
The latest version available is QGIS 2.8.1, which has been recently released, coming with changes and fixes.
In this article I will show you how to install QGIS 2.8.1 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Deepin 2014, Peppermint Five, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.
Because it is available via PPA, installing QGIS 2.8.1 on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the qgis package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install qgis
Optional, to remove qgis, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove qgis
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