I've just tried to install the latest version of QGIS on Linux Mint 15 Mate using 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get install qgis'.
However, QGIS gives me the error message 'Couldn't load PyQGIS.
Python support will be disabled.'. Also, the installed QGIS version turns out to be 1.7.5 while I would prefer 1.8.0 or even 2.0.
I am pretty new to the world of Linux in general, so any advice how to get the latest QGIS version including a working Python plugin would be highly appreciated.
Best regards, T.
Best Answer
I think the best option if you want to work with several GIS applications and a Ubuntu-based system is the UbuntuGIS repository. Adding it to your sources is very easy, just enter this commands in the terminal, one at a time.
After that you will have QGIS 2.0 installed in your system. There are some plugins available like the grass one wich is very useful for GRASS integration. In my case, I had an error running QGIS without root privileges, which I solved giving permissions to the QGIS folder:
(In the /home/user folder)
After that it should run fine just from the application menu.