Google Earth on Ubuntu 8.04

[Mario Ráez]

Hello Dear Ubunters:

I installed Ubuntu today after a decade of suffering under Windows.

Now, how do I install Google Earth on Ubuntu 8.04?
I downloaded GoogleEarthLinux.bin from the Google Earth Homepage but really don't have any idea of what to do next.
The file is on my desktop staring at me...

What do I do?

[tjwoosta]

if i were you id just get it from the repository

go to System-Administration-synaptic package manager then search googleearth

just mark it with a check and click apply
this will do everything automatically for you

[damis648]

try

cd desktop
sudo sh ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin

in terminal.
i doubt this would work but try it anyway

[iSplicer]

just type this into a terminal (applications - accessories - terminal):

cd Desktop

and then

sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin

[NightwishFan]

This way will work with only a few commands. ;]
You need the medibuntu repo. I will supply howto in one min bear with me ;]

step one: copy paste this command

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

step two: copy paste this command

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update

step three: copy paste this command

sudo apt-get install googleearth-4.3

when installed just press alt+f2 and type googleearth or find it under internet in the menu

enjoy!

[damis648]

o yes i forgot googleeath is in the repos... use that

[iSplicer]

Edit: here is a rally good guide:

http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/1...rth-in-ubuntu/

[iSplicer]

Forget everything. Just type this into the terminal:

sudo apt-get install googleearth

Thats it!

[iSplicer]

Whoops. My bad, its actually this:

sudo apt-get install googleearth-package

Thats it!
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[tjwoosta]

well if you want the newest version of google earth you would need the medibuntu repository but if you dont care as long as it works you dont need medibuntu

here is a guide to adding medibuntu

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu