Daily Builds

Daily Builds of QGroundControl have the absolute latest set of new features.

WARNING

Daily Builds are less tested than stable builds. Use at your own risk.

These can be downloaded from the links below (install as described in Download and Install):

• Windows
• OS X
• Linux - (See installation instructions below)
  • Linux x86_64
  • Linux aarch64
• Android
• iOS is currently unavailable

Linux Installation Instructions

1. Make the AppImage executable

chmod +x QGroundControl-<arch>.AppImage

2. Enable serial-port access Add your user to the dialout group so you can talk to USB devices without root:

sudo usermod -aG dialout "$(id -un)"

INFO

At login, your shell takes a snapshot of your user and group memberships. Because you just changed groups, you need a fresh login shell to pick up “dialout” access. Logging out and back in reloads that snapshot, so you get the new permissions.

3. (Optional) Disable ModemManager On some Ubuntu-based systems, ModemManager can claim serial ports that QGC needs. If you don't use it elsewhere, mask or remove it.

# preferred: stop and mask the service
sudo systemctl mask --now ModemManager.service

# or, if you’d rather remove the package
sudo apt remove --purge modemmanager

4. Run QGroundControl Either double-click the AppImage in your file manager or launch it from a terminal:

./QGroundControl-<arch>.AppImage