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Installing the QGIS Animation Workbench plugin

In this section we explain how to install the plugin.

Install from plugin manager

To access the QGIS Plugin Manager you simply need to select Plugins ➡ Manage and Install Plugins... (1) in the Menu Toolbar.

Plugin Repository

Once the QGIS Plugin Manager loads, you need to navigate to the All (2) tab and type "animation" into the search bar (3). Select QGIS Animation Workbench from the list of available plugins and then select Install Plugin (4).

Search For and Install Plugin

Once the Animation Workbench is installed, you can access it by clicking on the Animation Workbench icon (5) in the Plugin Toolbar.

Launch the Workbench

Note if you are on Ubuntu, you may need to install the Qt5 multimedia libraries.

sudo apt install PyQt5.QtMultimedia

Manual install from GitHub (tagged release)

To install, visit the Github Repository, click on the Actions tab, and click on the Make QGIS Plugin Zip For Manual Installs workflow (the bottom one).

Install 0000

Click on the most recent workflow run (the top one).

Install 0001

Scroll down on the on the page.

Install 0002

And click on animation_workbench to download the most recent build of the plugin

Install 0003

Download the animation_workbench.zip file and open it in QGIS using the plugin manager as described below.

  1. Open QGIS
  2. Plugins ➡ Manage and install plugins ...
  3. Choose the Install from zip tab image
  4. Select the animation_workbench.zip download
  5. Click the Install Plugin button.

Note if you are on Ubuntu, you may need to install the Qt5 multimedia libraries.

sudo apt install PyQt5.QtMultimedia