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M4 64 bit, installed from Dual arch CD, KDE
I downloaded the file from
http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html
64bit rpm
when I click on the file< I get an error

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your current backend does not support installing files

I installed lsb-lib
as per the wiki

How did you try it?

this command (as root) should work:

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urpmi google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm

Thanks for the reply

But why doesn't pcmanfm or dolphin do the job, there was no issue installing chrome from chromium?

anyway as you directed

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urpmi google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
unable to access rpm file [google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm]
error registering local packages

which is at least yields a different error
probably have to figure out how to be in the right directory

To answer my own question
double clicking opens a file, but in this instance
right clicking & picking software installer option did the trick
I figured this out when trying to get the full path to the file

Thanks again to Latte for the response, which got me pointed in the right direction...