Google earth .bin

[corpsehacker]

Hello everyone. I tried installing google earth on my computer that is now running on only kubuntu (before I was running both ubuntu and kubuntu) and it came in a .bin file. I googled it and google said it is usually the same as a .iso file. I dont really want to waste a cd so I decided to ask the forum whether I should mount it like an iso or if there was a terminal command I could use to install it. Thanks.

[finer recliner]

you need to give the downloaded file execute permissions (this is a security feature)


chmod u+x googleearth.bin (edit if i got the filename wrong)


then double click :)

[corpsehacker]

Yeah the file name is "GoogleEarthLinux.bin" and it is on the desktop registry so I assume I have to type "cd Desktop" before doing that.

[taurus]

cd ~/Desktop
chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin
./GoogleEarthLinux.bin

[corpsehacker]

Thank you sir. It works perfectly.:)

[beameup]

Easy how-to here:

http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2009/03/20/how-to-install-google-earth-5-on-ubuntu/