Install QGIS on Mac OS X

Install Quantum GIS on Mac OS X

The main release packages for Mac are maintained by Kyngchaos, aka William Kyngsburye. Thanks, Bill!

1. Download packages needed here
2. Quick and dirty install as follows in this sequence:
3. GDAL Complete framwork (download and install .dmg)
4. Maptolib Python Module (download and install .dmg)
5. QGIS (download and install the package for your system: Snow Leapord, Lion, or Mountain Lion)
6. After installing, launch QGIS
   1. if you encounter problems, try:
   2. open Terminal and as Superuser or Root run the command:
      export PATH=/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Programs:$PATH
   3. relaunch QGIS

you should be all set with QGIS 2.0