google-earth anybody?

[Ric Moore]

On 07/29/2012 03:15 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday 29 July 2012 15:13:56 Liam Proven did opine:
>
>> 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
>
> Do you recall which file?
>
>> [3] run it
>> [4] that's it, there are no more steps.
>>
>> I recall no problems...
>
> I suspect GE has progressed since 10.04 was new & shiny. :)

he means get the install tar ball directly from google. :) Ric



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