How to: Install Googleearth and other NON-free apps on Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04

[buried]

Now if you've tried this:
sudo apt-get install googleearth
and got this error:
The package "googleearth" not found
then this is the tutorial for that.
First we have to add Medibuntu sources to our repository,

Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon":

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list


Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron":

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Then add the GPG key
wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update

now try:
sudo apt-get install googleearth
should work like a charm, enjoy other apps installable too
like
*

acroread (Acrobat Reader -- not really needed because you can use free software, such as Evince, to read pdfs)
*

googleearth
*

restricted video codecs (ppc-codecs, w32codecs, w64codecs)
*

realplay (Real Player)
*

Skype

[wieman01]

Nice one. I will try it out as soon as I am on Hardy. :-)

[Nano]

Or you can simply download the bin from google and install it, which works very well too.

[wieman01]

Or you can simply download the bin from google and install it, which works very well too.
But then you don't receive automatic updates. That's why I would prefer this method.

[buried]

If you wanna install other non-free go to software sources and enable medibuntu non-free.

[z0mbie]

So the mediubuntu repo is pretty well maintained & up to date?

[buried]

Yep it's up to date all right.

[Boyohazard]

Thank you I was looking for a Howto on adding the medibuntu repo to Hardy

[Timbothecat]

Anyone else have a problem with google earth logging them out of their user account?

Whenever I press the link to make the app start it just sends me straight to the login screen.

[The5thW]

jack@jack-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install googleearth
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
jack@jack-desktop:~$ dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege

Long bad fist day for this new user.

[Timbothecat]

jack@jack-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install googleearth
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
jack@jack-desktop:~$ dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege

Long bad fist day for this new user.

I had the same problem my friend.
sudo dpkg --configure -a should fix the problem. However, I'm wondering if that is a part of the issue that I'm having now with it logging me out etc.