Download ouRGeo

Download ouRGeo-1.8.0.exe and run it — the installer walks you through setup and adds ouRGeo to your Start menu. Windows SmartScreen may show a "Windows protected your PC" notice for a new publisher; choose More info → Run anyway to continue.

Installing on Linux

AppImage (any distro)

No installation needed — mark it executable and run it:

chmod +x ouRGeo-1.8.0.AppImage
./ouRGeo-1.8.0.AppImage

Debian / Ubuntu (.deb)

Install with apt (it pulls in any system dependencies automatically):

sudo apt install ./ouRGeo-1.8.0.deb
# then launch it from your app menu, or:
ourgeo

One-Time R Setup

ouRGeo keeps R at its core, so it needs R (4.0+) and a few spatial packages available on your machine. Install R from your distro or cran.r-project.org, then run:

# Core — required for the app to start
install.packages(c("httpuv", "jsonlite", "later", "httr2"))

# Spatial features (maps, geoprocessing, basemaps)
install.packages(c("sf", "terra", "ggplot2", "tmap",
                   "ggspatial", "maptiles", "tidyterra"))

# Exact curved geometry (CIRCULARSTRING / COMPOUNDCURVE / CURVEPOLYGON)
install.packages("sfarc")

# Database (.Rgeo / DuckDB-backed datasets)
install.packages(c("DBI", "duckdb", "dplyr"))

Upgraded R recently? After a major R update you must rebuild your packages (update.packages(ask = FALSE, checkBuilt = TRUE)) — CRAN binaries are linked to a specific R version, and ouRGeo won't connect to R until they're rebuilt.

System Requirements

Windows 10 / 11 (x64) or modern Linux x64 (macOS 11+ coming soon)
R 4.0 or newer (auto-detected on launch)
~500 MB free disk space
4 GB RAM recommended
No internet connection required to run
Spatial R packages installed once (above)