Google Earth 10.10 installation

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install google-earth

should do the trick.

Marcus' directions above are not quite complete.

 $ sudo apt-get install googleearth-package
 $ make-googleearth-package [actual used was: $ make-googleearth-package --force ]
 $ sudo dpkg -i googleearth_5.2.1.1588+0.5.7-1_i386.deb

Hope that helps,
George

Open up a terminal(ctrl+alt+t or Applications>Accessories>Terminal) and issue the following commands. Note: Everything in Linux is case sensitive, please use copy and paste, it is all one line. :)

wget http://dl.google.com/earth/client/current/GoogleEarthLinux.bin && chmod u+x GoogleEarthLinux.bin && ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin

Then follow the on screen instructions.
If this has helped you solve your issue, please mark this as best answer.

Best Regards,
Will

Hi William.

I ran your script with the following result...

Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux 6.0.0.1735..............................................................
setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Document is empty

^
setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found

^
Couldn't load 'setup.data/setup.xml'

What do you suggest?

Greg

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Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 11:42:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Question #136104]: Google Earth 10.10 installation

Your question #136104 on googleearth-package in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/googleearth-package/+question/136104

williamts99 proposed the following answer:
Open up a terminal(ctrl+alt+t or Applications>Accessories>Terminal) and
issue the following commands. Note: Everything in Linux is case
sensitive, please use copy and paste, it is all one line. :)

wget http://dl.google.com/earth/client/current/GoogleEarthLinux.bin &&
chmod u+x GoogleEarthLinux.bin && ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin

Then follow the on screen instructions.
If this has helped you solve your issue, please mark this as best answer.

Best Regards,
Will

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Sounds like there is a problem with the installer, I would message Google about fixing it.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GoogleEarth

You can install from the Medibuntu repositories, enter the following in the terminal:
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 --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get install googleearth

While you are at it, you might also want to install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package afterwards.
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Best Regards,
Will

Sounds like there is a problem with the installer, I would message Google about fixing it.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GoogleEarth

You can install from the Medibuntu repositories, enter the following in the terminal:
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 --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get install googleearth

While you are at it, you might also want to install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package afterwards.
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Best Regards,
Will

Hi William.

The result of running the Medibuntu Googleearth script is as follows:

Package googleearth is not available, but is referred to by another
package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

Suggestions?

Greg

On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 17:52 +0000, williamts99 wrote:
> Your question #136104 on googleearth-package in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/googleearth-package/+question/136104
>
> williamts99 proposed the following answer:
> Sounds like there is a problem with the installer, I would message Google about fixing it.
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GoogleEarth
>
> You can install from the Medibuntu repositories, enter the following in the terminal:
> 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 --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get install googleearth
>
> While you are at it, you might also want to install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package afterwards.
> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Will
>

One last try, hopefully google will fix this sooner rather than later, but such is life with proprietary software :)

Create a .deb to install, and then installing it(note: this will take a while to complete):

sudo apt-get install googleearth-package && make-googleearth-package --force && sudo dpkg -i googleearth_6.0.0.1735+0.5.7-1_i386.deb

After that is finished, you will have Google Earth in the menu Applications > Internet > Google Earth
If Google Earth crashes, run as root and uncheck the 'show tips at the beginning' box.

sudo googleearth

Best Regards,
Will

Hi Will.

How do I run it as root?

Greg

On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 18:47 +0000, williamts99 wrote:
> Your question #136104 on googleearth-package in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/googleearth-package/+question/136104
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> williamts99 proposed the following answer:
> One last try, hopefully google will fix this sooner rather than later,
> but such is life with proprietary software :)
>
> Create a .deb to install, and then installing it(note: this will take a
> while to complete):
>
> sudo apt-get install googleearth-package && make-googleearth-package
> --force && sudo dpkg -i googleearth_6.0.0.1735+0.5.7-1_i386.deb
>
> After that is finished, you will have Google Earth in the menu Applications > Internet > Google Earth
> If Google Earth crashes, run as root and uncheck the 'show tips at the beginning' box.
>
> sudo googleearth
>
> Best Regards,
> Will
>

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

sudo googleearth

Best Regards,
Will