Google earth

[roster]

I have al ready installed the 64 bit version

[roster]

I have al ready installed de 64 bit version

[levlaz]

It seems the latest version "7" is still in beta, why don't you try installing the previous version "6.2"

Click on advanced setup on the download page and select the previous version.

[roster]

How i install the .bin file?

[levlaz]

Download the .bin file to the desktop

Open a terminal

cd /home/username/Desktop

* Make sure to replace username with your actual username

 sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin

It should now install and you can use it.

[roster]

=( im too bad, Cant install

roster@roster-Inspiron-1464:~/Descargas$ sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux 5.2.1.1588........................................ ......................
setup.data/bin/Linux/amd64/setup.gtk2: error while loading shared libraries: libxml2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
setup.data/bin/Linux/amd64/setup.gtk: error while loading shared libraries: libSM.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
The setup program seems to have failed on amd64

Fatal error, installer failed to run at all!
roster@roster-Inspiron-1464:~/Descargas$

[levlaz]

Do not run this from the Downloads directory (Discargas means downloads, correct?) Move it to the desktop first, then change your directory to the desktop, and then run the file.

I just did it and it worked just fine.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the Downloads (Discargas) directory and drag the file right onto the Desktop.

2. Open a terminal and change the active directory to the desktop

 cd ~/Desktop

(escritorio???)

then

 sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin

It will work as long as you are running this from the desktop and NOT the downloads folder.

[kostkon]

Why .bin? Where did you find it?

If you try to download google earth while being logged in ubuntu, it will offer you the option to download a 32bit or 64bit .deb file.

[levlaz]

Why .bin? Where did you find it?

If you try to download google earth while being logged in ubuntu, it will offer you the option to download a 32bit or 64bit .deb file.

He is having trouble getting Google Earth 7 to work (which is what google earth gives you when you download the ubuntu link) the .bin is for the stable version 6.2

The .bin is easy to install you just have to do it from the Desktop and not from the Downloads folder.

[rburkartjo]

yup sure will be nice when they fix. having the same problem for a while.