How to install Google Earth in Ubuntu 9.10

.bin file on your desktop
terminal:
cd ~/Desktop
chmod 755 GoogleEarth.bin
./GoogleEarth.bin

Open up a terminal and go to the directory where GoogleEarthLinux.bin is stored
for example, if its in /home/username/Downloads, type:
cd /home/username/Downloads

now type:
chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin
./GoogleEarthLinux.bin

If any of those commands results in "Permission denied", you should try the same command, but with "sudo" at the beginning.

sudo chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin

Okay, I was to late. @leoquant: Note, that many .bin-files are executable files....sometimes you may also find movies in .bin files
bin is the short form for binary...

Okay, I was to late. @Rayardia: Note, that many .bin-files are executable files....sometimes you may also find movies in .bin files
bin is the short form for binary...

Tried both suggestions; terminal shows:-

ray@ray-laptop:~$ cd~/Desktop
bash: cd~/Desktop: No such file or directory
ray@ray-laptop:~$ cd /home/ray/Downloads
bash: cd: /home/ray/Downloads: No such file or directory
ray@ray-laptop:~$ cd /home/ray/downloads
bash: cd: /home/ray/downloads: No such file or directory
ray@ray-laptop:~$ ls
Desktop House Ground Floor.dxf Pictures
Documents Income 2008.ods practise.dxf
Ethel Marjorie Steel.pnm Music Symtronics Wind-up page 2.pnm
examples.desktop Outgoings 2008.ods Templates
googleearth out.pnm Videos
google-earth Photos
ray@ray-laptop:~$

Could I have a little more help please?

Okay, you have googleearth and google-earth in your home-directory.

now switch into the folder where the .bin-file is
cd ~/googleearth
or
cd ~/google-earth

if the .bin-file is in a subdirectory of one of those folders you need to switch into this directory:

for example:
cd ~/googleearth/subdirectory

or
cd ~/googleearth/subdirectory/anothersubdirectory

If the ls-command shows you the bin-file you are ready for the next steps...both mine and the solutions of leoquant should work! (the name of the .bin-File is GoogleEarth.bin or GoogleEarthLinux.bin)

Did that, terminal shows:-
ray@ray-laptop:~$ cd ~/google-earth
ray@ray-laptop:~/google-earth$ ls
drivers.ini libflightsim.so libmath.so
googleearth libfusioncommon.so libmeasure.so
googleearth-bin libgdal.so.1 libminizip.so
googleearth-icon.png libge_net.so libmoduleframework.so
googleearth-mimetypes.xml libgeobase.so libnavigate.so
googleearth.xpm libgeobaseutils.so libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2
Google-googleearth.desktop libGLU.so.1 libport.so
gpl.txt libgoogleearth_lib.so libproj.so.0
gpsbabel libgooglesearch.so libQtCore.so.4
ImporterGlobalSettings.ini libgps.so libQtGui.so.4
ImporterUISettings.ini libicudata.so.38 libQtNetwork.so.4
kh20 libicuuc.so.38 libQtWebKit.so.4
lang libIGAttrs.so librender.so
libalchemyext.so libIGCore.so libreporting.so
libapiloader.so libIGExportCommon.so libwmsbase.so
libauth.so libIGGfx.so linux
libbase.so libIGMath.so PCOptimizations.ini
libbasicingest.so libIGOpt.so plugins
libcollada.so libIGSg.so qt.conf
libcommon.so libIGUtils.so resources
libcomponentframework.so libinput_plugin.so shaders
libcurl.so.4 liblayer.so uninstall
libevll.so liblayout.so
ray@ray-laptop:~/google-earth$ chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin
chmod: cannot access `GoogleEarthLinux.bin': No such file or directory
ray@ray-laptop:~/google-earth$ chmod +x googleearth.bin
chmod: cannot access `googleearth.bin': No such file or directory
ray@ray-laptop:~/google-earth$

What now ........please?

RayArdia: You have already installed Google Earth!

type:
./google-earth/googleearth-bin

if this results in "Permission denied"
sudo ./google-earth/googleearth-bin

There should also be a shortcut to Google Earth on your Desktop and/or in the Applications-Network menu.

Here is a MUCH easier way to install Google Earth:

http://www.johannes-eva.net/index.php?page=2009_10_useful_ubuntu_guide_karmic

You should not install Google Earth via a .bin or tarball file, because it is available in the medibuntu repositories

Thanks leoquant, that solved my question.

@RayArdia as tell you Mark is STRONGLY suggested to install Google Earth using the medibuntu repository

There are no reason to don't use the handy functionallity of the deb system to keep ALL installed packages ( only packages with reposistory reference) auto updated...

Hope this helps

Thankyou Marco, Your comments have been very helpful, I found the link http://www.johannes-eva.net/index.php?page=2009_10_useful_ubuntu_guide_karmic particularly helpful too.
I had no previous knowledge of the medibuntu repository and would like to read a little more about it (preferably some sort of 'overview' rather than a detailed technical treatise!) Can you give me a pointer?
Ray

Three things:

1) The question was how to install this .bin file.
2) Mark did a suggestion to install it via a medibuntu repos. because it should be (his words) MUCH easier. That remark is very relative.
3) Your remark, Marco, to install it via the medibuntu repos, is far more relevant, because one keeps ALL software in the "package manager/.deb system" of ubuntu, and is indeed very relevant if a package needs updating. (Maybe security related updates..)

Conclusion we should indeed recommend the medibuntu repos. to install this software, but only for the reason mentioned is 3).

regards
leoquant