QGroundControl

For Window's peeps

QGroundControl can be installed on 64 bit versions of Windows:

1. Download QGroundControl-installer.exe.

2. Double click the executable to launch the installer.

The Windows installer creates 3 shortcuts: QGroundControl, GPU Compatibility Mode, GPU Safe Mode. Use the first shortcut unless you experience startup or video rendering issues

For Linux's peeps

QGroundControl can be installed/run on Ubuntu LTS 20.04 (and later).

Ubuntu comes with a serial modem manager that interferes with any robotics related use of a serial port (or USB serial). Before installing QGroundControl you should remove the modem manager and grant yourself permissions to access the serial port. You also need to install GStreamer in order to support video streaming.

1. On the command prompt enter:

   sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER
   sudo apt-get remove modemmanager -y
   sudo apt install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-gl -y
   sudo apt install libqt5gui5 -y
   sudo apt install libfuse2 -y

2. Logout and login again to enable the change to user permissions.

To install QGroundControl:

1. Download QGroundControl.AppImage.
2. Install (and run) using the terminal commands:

   chmod +x ./QGroundControl.AppImage
   ./QGroundControl.AppImage  (or double click)
   

Boom! You're all ready to roll with QGroundControl!