google-earth anybody?

[Liam Proven]

On 29 July 2012 20:05, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> Greetings all;
>
> I first tried to dl and install with dpkg, the current version from google.
> No dice, can't find its binary pieces, bales out.
>
> Then I found the make-googleearth-package utility and installed that, then
> ran it, which downloaded yet another copy from google.  Then it failed,
> missing dependency's.  Fired up synaptic, used fix broken to pull in
> several other bit & pieces.  Re-ran the make script, bailed out on versions
> & recommended I use the --force option.
>
> That squawked about 200 or so libraries it couldn't find the versions of,
> but made a package anyway, so I installed it.
>
> Now it fusses about lack of direct-x availability, which I assume nouveau
> doesn't have, but regardless of which box I check on the startup requester,
> google-earth's startup advisory box just goes away.
>
> Has anyone succeeded in making google-earth run on a ubuntu 10.04-4-122-
> rtai system?
>
> If so, do you recall how?

Er. I did, years ago.

[1] download package from Google
[2] set executable with chmod +x
[3] run it
[4] that's it, there are no more steps.

I recall no problems...

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