Google Earth can't run.

[Ake]

My computer's system is Mageia 64bit. It can't install Google Earth. When I click google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm, it takes a very long time to get a failed response and Google Earth can't be installed. If I install the rpm file by terminal, Google Earth can be installed (after the installation of many dependencies) but can't run.

[Sfiet_Konstantin]

Did you tried to run google earth from the terminal ?
What kind of debug messages did you get ?

[Ake]

After the installation of lsb and other necessary dependencies, when I directly click the file google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm, a message will say "InstallFiles not yet supported by backend" and the installation of Google Earth will fail. If I run "rpm -i google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm" by terminal, Google Earth will be installed. But when trying to run it by terminal, there will be an error "/usr/bin/google-earth:Line 43: ./googleearth-bin:No such file or directory" and Google Earth can't run.

[Sfiet_Konstantin]

Did you test the bin installer ? (IIRC there is one .bin installer)
The RPM version may not be compatible with Mga (since Mga and Fedora / Opensuse may not be compatible)

[Ake]

The official site of Google Earth doesn't offer a BIN installer of 6.0.

[Ake]

The bin installer of Google Earth 5.2 can't be installed, too.

At the first time I tried "sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin", the error information is:

Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux 5.2.1.1588..............................................................
setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Document is empty

^
setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found

^
./setup.sh: Line 158: 5125 segment error "$setup" "$@"

At the second time I tried "./GoogleEarthLinux.bin", the error information is:

Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux 5.2.1.1588..............................................................
setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Document is empty

^
setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found

^
./setup.sh: Line 158: 5212 segment error "$setup" "$@"


In Mandriva Linux, both of bin and rpm installers can be installed properly.

[Ake]

The solution is to install 32bit lsb-core-lib. 64bit Google Earth also needs it.

[mgsAbfnc]

I have exactly the same problem on Mageia 32 bits, the same error messages.

Tried to add the lsb-core-lib and get the same errors.

Tried the Google Earth 5.0.2 .bin downlad and got the errors above.

Tried the 6.0 version .rpm and Google Earth starts, but says that I'm using OpenGL and suggests changing to DirectX. Wether I choose DirectX or OpenGL, the program just closes and nothing happens.

Thank you very much for you help.

[Ken-Bergen]

Tried the 6.0 version .rpm and Google Earth starts, but says that I'm using OpenGL and suggests changing to DirectX. Wether I choose DirectX or OpenGL, the program just closes and nothing happens.

Thank you very much for you help.

I'm running Mandriva 2008.1 and see the same thing with Google Earth 6.0
What I found was that after several tries with OpenGL it started and now starts in about one in three tries.

Ken

[mgsAbfnc]

I'm running Mandriva 2008.1 and see the same thing with Google Earth 6.0
What I found was that after several tries with OpenGL it started and now starts in about one in three tries.

I tried and it works. But, everytime I start Google Earth, I have to do it twice, because it keeps asking about DirectX.

It works normally, though.

But there must be a better way

Thanks for your help.

[Ake]

Though Google Earth could work, its maps were disordered and almost unreadable. I don't know whether the cause was my computer's system (64bit Mageia) or the software itself. Why does Google provide such a software to LInux users?

I have uninstalled Google Earth. I prefer to use Google Maps.

[winstonteacox]

Found the solution on the Mandriva-Cooker mailing-list (thx Eric Piel):

After installing the x86-64.rpm do the following as root:

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cd /lib
ln -s ld-linux.so.2 ld-lsb.so.3

works like a charm ....


cheers,
Bernd

[winstonteacox]

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cd /lib
ln -s ld-linux.so.2 ld-lsb.so.3

Sometimes this is not enough.

Just installed a fresh Mageia 1 and Google-Earth6 keeps complaining about missing libs ...

So install the following rpms (if you are on a 64bit system just take the i586 rpms, if there a no x86-64 rpms):

lsb-core

(lib)fontconfig
libX11
libxrender1
libxext6
libsm6

This is what GE6 needs. Now it works on Mageia1.

Bernd

[isadora]

Exactly what was needed right here.
And then it works flawless.

[kiki]

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cd /lib
ln -s ld-linux.so.2 ld-lsb.so.3

Sometimes this is not enough.

Just installed a fresh Mageia 1 and Google-Earth6 keeps complaining about missing libs ...

So install the following rpms (if you are on a 64bit system just take the i586 rpms, if there a no x86-64 rpms):

lsb-core

(lib)fontconfig
libX11
libxrender1
libxext6
libsm6

This is what GE6 needs. Now it works on Mageia1.

Bernd

I have those all installed, but GE still doesn't work. Here is the error


[mageia@localhost aplikasi]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost aplikasi]# ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux 5.2.1.1329..............................................................
setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Document is empty

^
setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found

^
./setup.sh: baris 158: 23957 Kerusakan segmentasi "$setup" "$@"
[root@localhost aplikasi]#

[isadora]

Kiki, very welcome to the Mageia-forum!!!!

You are trying to install GoogleEarth 5 right?
Why not try version 6?

Would try the workaround by winstonteacox:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=76#p3388

[kiki]

Kiki, very welcome to the Mageia-forum!!!!

You are trying to install GoogleEarth 5 right?
Why not try version 6?

Would try the workaround by winstonteacox:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=76#p3388

Thank you isadora.

I tried both 5 and 6, but the same thing happened.

[winstonteacox]

You are sure you tried to start GE-6 ?

via konsole its

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google-earth


(nothing with ....bin, this is only 5)

cheers,
Bernd

[m123456]

I had the same:

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# sh /media/Documents/REPO/BINARKI_ITP/GoogleEarthLinux.bin
Verifying archive integrity... All good.                                                                                       
Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux 5.2.1.1588..............................................................
setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Document is empty

^
setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found

^
./setup.sh: line 158:  2613 Naruszenie ochrony pamięci   "$setup" "$@"
#

Try as root:

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./GoogleEarthLinux.bin --target /tmp/ge
cd /tmp/ge/setup.data/bin/Linux/x86/
mv setup.gtk setup.gtk2
cd /tmp/ge
./setup.sh

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/google-earth-install-830981/

[kiki]

You are sure you tried to start GE-6 ?

via konsole its

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google-earth


(nothing with ....bin, this is only 5)

cheers,
Bernd

This is report from GE-6

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[root@localhost googleearth]# ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux 6.0.2.2074.............................................................................................
setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Document is empty

^
setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found

^
./setup.sh: baris 158: 18866 Kerusakan segmentasi    "$setup" "$@"
[root@localhost googleearth]#


[winstonteacox]

Hmmm ...

Lets start all over:

Delete google-earth.rpm (if there are any via MCC)
Delete ./google .. subfolders in your home folder ...

Download Google-Earth 6 rpm (!)
install it via right-click -> install

install lsb-core rpm

do as root:

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cd /lib
ln -s ld-linux.so.2 ld-lsb.so.3

install the following rpms:

fontconfig
libX11
libxrender1
libxext6
libsm6

Now klick the GE6 Symbol, which should be there.

If Google Earth is not running, try via konsole

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google-earth

If this doesn't work, do again as root

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cd /lib
ln -s ld-linux.so.2 ld-lsb.so.3

(In one case, I had to do it a second time after installing the libs ...)

Hope it helps ...
cheers,
Bernd

[kiki]

I can't download rpm version. Everytime I click the link, it always point me to bin one.

[wobo]

Same here. I mark the rpm and next I see is the FF message where I want to save the bin file. The point is: no matter what I mark (deb or rpm, 32 or 64) - it's always offering the bin file

[winstonteacox]

There must be a glitch with the Google-Earth-site. Last week it worked ...

[kiki]

There must be a glitch with the Google-Earth-site. Last week it worked ...

may be I should try next week..