Install the QGIS Plugin

It is assumed that you already have QGIS installed. This documentation is specific to installing the CartoDB plugin for QGIS.

Supported Versions

The minimum version of the QGIS plug-in {supported for CartoDB) is version: 2.4

Recommended Installation

From the QGIS Plugins Settings

Note: Images are subject to change, based on your version of QGIS. Use these steps as a guide to find and select the plugin settings for CartoDB.

1. From the Plugins menu -> Manage and Install Plugins

The Plugins Settings dialog box opens.

2. From the Settings section, select the Show also experimental plugins checkbox

3. Switch to the ALL section and type CartoDB Plugin in the Search input field

   

4. Click _Install Plugin

Manual Installation

From git repository

Downloading release code

• Download the code from here
• Extract from zip file.
• Rename folder to QgisCartoDB
• Copy the plugin folder to $HOME/.qgis2/python/plugins/

Cloning repo (for Linux/Mac users)

• Open a terminal.
• Execute:
  • git clone https://github.com/gkudos/qgis-cartodb.git
  • cd qgis-cartodb
  • make install

Enabling plugin

• Open QGIS
• Go to "Plugins"=>"Manage and install plugins"
• Click on "Installed" and enable "CartoDB Plugin"