Install

Software Installation and Setup

System Requirements

• Operating system: 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows®.
• Recommended Windows edition: Windows 7, Windows 10.
• Recommended memory size: 8 GB of RAM.
• System permission: Administrator Privilege is needed to install QGIS.

📌 QGIS 3.10.8 is a MUST
To successfully load the Processing Algorithms that the GALUP team developed, the QGIS 3.10.8 version is particularly REQUIRED. To avoid any potential conflicts, please first perform an uninstallation before moving forward on this instruction, if another version of QGIS is installed on your computer.

Installation Steps

1. Install QGIS 3.10.8
2. Install PyLUSAT
3. Load Processing Algorithms in QGIS

1. Install QGIS 3.10.8

1. Go to https://qgis.org/en/site/.
   
   

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2. Click Download Now.
3. Go to ALL RELEASES where you can download Previous releases of QGIS are still available here.
4. Download QGIS-OSGeo4W-3.10.8-1-Setup-x86_64.exe, if you are using 64-bit system, or download QGIS-OSGeo4W-3.10.8-1-Setup-x86.exe, if you are using 32-bit system.
5. Double-click the downloaded installation file and follow the installation instruction to install QGIS 3.10.8 on your computer.

2. Install PyLUSAT: Python for Land-Use Suitability Analysis Tools

1. Go to https://github.com/SERVIR-WA/GALUP.
2. Click Code, and then click Download ZIP to download the GALUP repository (see image below).
   
3. Unzip the downloaded GALUP-master.zip.
4. Open GALUP-master -> install -> QGIS 3.10.8.
5. Locate the folder that matches your operating system:
   1. for 32-bit: Copy pylusat 32-bit (entire folder) and paste to C:\Program Files (x86)\QGIS 3.10.
   2. for 64-bit: Copy pylusat 64-bit (entire folder) and paste to C:\Program Files\QGIS 3.10.
6. Open the copied folder (not the old one) and double-click install_pylusat.bat to run it.
7. A pop-up window will ask you two questions (see the animation below):
   1. Specify the root folder of QGIS: Type or paste the same path as above, i.e., C:\Program Files (x86)\QGIS 3.10 for 32-bit, or C:\Program Files\QGIS 3.10 for 64-bit.
   2. Is the QGIS a long term release [Y/N]: We indeed installed a "long term release" of QGIS, so type Y (case insensitive).
8. Press Enter key and wait for the installation to complete.
   

3. Load the Processing Algorithms: LUCIS-OPEN Tools for QGIS

1. Open QGIS Desktop 3.10.8 program from Start Menu.
2. Check out this Processing link to make sure Processing, a Core Plugin of QGIS, is activated.
   
   

   💡 Plugins are at the core of QGIS
   QGIS has been designed with a plugin architecture. This allows many new features and functions to be easily added to the application. Some of the features in QGIS are actually implemented as plugins.

3. Open Processing Toolbox on the Menu bar or Press Ctrl+Alt+T.
4. Click Add Script to Toolbox (see the animation below).
5. Locate the algorithms folder within the GALUP-master folder you downloaded from GitHub.
6. Select all the *.py files and click Open.
7. Now you can find all Processing Algorithms developed by GALUP under the Scripts dropdown menu.