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Why uncompressing Google Earth setup so slow?

Asked by Wayne Buttress

Down loaded Google Earth for Linux from G.E. web site. Converted .bin to .exe. Started the install yesterday, It is still running the setup install this morning. It has been about 18hrs. so far. Why so slow?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Why did you convert bin to exe. It makes no sense. You simply mark it as executable and run it in a terminal.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GoogleEarth

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Best GREG T. (ubuntuer) said : 		#2

You will probably find it much simpler to install from the Medibuntu repository than Google itself, especially as updates will be handled automatically (and the current version is 5.1).

To do that, open a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and type:
sudo wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install app-install-data-medibuntu apport-hooks-medibuntu googleearth

That's five lines—the first is quite long.

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Wayne Buttress (busman4104) said : 		#3

Thanks Guys. I'm new to Linux, but like what I learn here.