Google Earth can't run.

[macxi]

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

Kiki,

I installed the 32 bit package RPM (google-earth-stable_current_i386.rpm) and now, I am testing the stability. For the moment, everything is ok.

Note: I always installed googleearth in Mandriva with the package bin. This is the first time I install googleearth with the rpm package and I worried about having to install all these dependencies, because with the package bin, I never installed any dependence. Now I'm testing and checking the stability (I'm seeing if it does not create any bug or crash for a Mageia, beacuse it is not Mageia package, but Fedora/SuSE package, so as a precaution, it is best not to install in a production environment, but in the test environment).


Try here:

http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/eart ... agree.html

Package 32 -> 32 bit .rpm (For Fedora/openSUSE):
https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/direct/ ... t_i386.rpm

Package -> 64 bit .rpm (For Fedora/openSUSE):
https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/direct/ ... x86_64.rpm

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I downloaded the rpm package (google-earth-stable_current_i386.rpm --> 32 bit .rpm, For Fedora/openSUSE) and installed ok, as the following images:


Install dependencies:




Install dependencies:



Install dependencies:




Checking the signature of the package (notice of wrong signature) Question: do you want to continue the installation? yes or no?:


Install GoogleEarth



GoogleEarth 6


Note: the same topic in Forum MageiaBrasil

[wobo]

Hmm, does not work with my 64-bit machine.

1. Download from http://www.google.co.uk worked, it downloaded google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm

2. 'urpmi google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm' worked, it also installed all the dependencies
Installation was done in /opt/google

But running google-earth from konsole returns an error:

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[wobo@localhost free]$ ./googleearth
./googleearth: line 43: ./googleearth-bin: File or folder not found

But the file 'googleearth.bin' is right there in the same folder.

[macxi]

Hmm, does not work with my 64-bit machine.
1. Download from http://www.google.co.uk worked, it downloaded google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
2. 'urpmi google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm' worked, it also installed all the dependencies
Installation was done in /opt/google
But running google-earth from konsole returns an error:

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[wobo@localhost free]$ ./googleearth
./googleearth: line 43: ./googleearth-bin: File or folder not found

But the file 'googleearth.bin' is right there in the same folder.

Wobo,

Here install in folder: /opt/google/earth/free/

The command of the icon: /opt/google/earth/free/google-earth %f

The file "googleearth-bin" is there:

file:///opt/google/earth/free/googleearth-bin


Note: I remember that my installation is 32 bit.

[wobo]

Here install in folder: /opt/google/earth/free/
The command of the icon: /opt/google/earth/free/google-earth %f
The file "googleearth-bin" is there:
file:///opt/google/earth/free/googleearth-bin

Yes, same here. That's what I wrote. But the start script does not find the bin file.

[macxi]

Here install in folder: /opt/google/earth/free/
The command of the icon: /opt/google/earth/free/google-earth %f
The file "googleearth-bin" is there:
file:///opt/google/earth/free/googleearth-bin

Yes, same here. That's what I wrote. But the start script does not find the bin file.

Wobo,

Here, the contents of the file "file:///opt/google/earth/free/googleearth", in line 43 indicates the file googleearth-bin:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH ./googleearth-bin "$@"

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#!/bin/sh
# Always run Google Earth from this shell script and not
# Google Earth directly! This script makes sure the app looks
# in the right place for libraries that might also be installed
# elsewhere on your system.
#
# Ryan C. Gordon,  Thu Jul 20 14:32:33 PDT 2006

# Function to find the real directory a program resides in.
FindPath()
{
    fullpath="`echo $1 | grep /`"
    if [ "$fullpath" = "" ]; then
        oIFS="$IFS"
        IFS=:
        for path in $PATH
        do if [ -x "$path/$1" ]; then
               if [ "$path" = "" ]; then
                   path="."
               fi
               fullpath="$path/$1"
               break
           fi
        done
        IFS="$oIFS"
    fi
    if [ "$fullpath" = "" ]; then
        fullpath="$1"
    fi

    # Is the sed/ls magic portable?
    if [ -L "$fullpath" ]; then
        #fullpath="`ls -l "$fullpath" | awk '{print $11}'`"
        fullpath=`ls -l "$fullpath" |sed -e 's/.* -> //' |sed -e 's/\*//'`
    fi
    dirname $fullpath
}

script_path=$(FindPath $0);

cd $script_path;

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH ./googleearth-bin "$@"

[richardwest]

Just tried it and was offered the rpm here.

http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/eart ... agree.html

[wobo]

Here, the contents of the file "file:///opt/google/earth/free/googleearth", in line 43 indicates the file googleearth-bin:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH ./googleearth-bin "$@"

Yes I know, and that's right where it is.
Still the script does not find it.

@richardwest: yes, that's the address macxi and I used for download.

[doktor5000]

Maybe insert a set -x into the starting script to see to what this call is expanded, or to see the context.

[wobo]

Too late, already de-installed. Only installed it to test the procedure, I don't use GoogleEarth.
I may test it again on my laptop some time and come back with the result.

[kiki]

It run (32 bit), without any dependency I have to install. Thank you.

[barjac]

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

It seems OK today.
I wrote a little script to do the download, install the deps and install GE, basically following the recommendations here.
I have tested it in cauldron x86_64 and i686 release and it works fine - but no warranties.
It tests the checksum of the downloaded rpm, so if they change the version the script will need editing with the new checksum.
http://pastebin.com/cXHhMfY2
To use it copy and paste the RAW version http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=cXHhMfY2
Basic instructions are in the script.

[zugunder]

Sorry for interrupting you guys, but did I get it right that Mageia doesn't have googleearth or get-googleearth in the repos?

Installed a 64bit 6.0 on my 64bit sytem and got the same as wobo:

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$ google-earth
/usr/bin/google-earth: line 43: ./googleearth-bin: No such file or directory

while I can see that googleerth-bin is in place.
Then removed the whole thing.

Thank you.

[winstonteacox]

Better look here:

32-bit (rpm)
https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/direct/ ... t_i386.rpm

64-bit (rpm)
https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/direct/ ... x86_64.rpm


Bernd

edit: ooops - this has been posted already ... sorry

[zugunder]

winstonteacox
Isn't it the same package you can get from the "official" Google site?
If so, I have already tried it - it doesn't start

[winstonteacox]

No.

For some time you got the rpms from the google site. But only for a few days.
Now you get only the .bin file, which causes problems.

Try the appropiate (32 or 64 bit) rpms.
And have a look in this thread, which .rpms you should install additionally ... (I posted them a bit further up ....)

So you have a good chance to get a working GE6 at the end ..

cheers,
Bernd

[isadora]

No.

For some time you got the rpms from the google site. But only for a few days.
Now you get only the .bin file, which causes problems.

Try the appropiate (32 or 64 bit) rpms.
And have a look in this thread, which .rpms you should install additionally ... (I posted them a bit further up ....)

So you have a good chance to get a working GE6 at the end ..

cheers,
Bernd

For your benefit, read winstonteacox's earlier meaasage:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=76#p3388

for the additional rpms'.

[zugunder]

Sorry guys, I'm a little confused...
I CAN get a gooogleearth 6.0 rpms (32 and 64bit) from earth.google.com without any problems. And that is what I did 30min ago. 64bit RPM installed OK, but after launching the application I got the message about a non-existing file. And as of now this is the only problem I experienced...

[winstonteacox]

Some people think, what file you get depends on the browser you use.

whatever ...

Follow Isadoras link, install the additional rpms and create the lsb... link mentioned further above.


Then start GE6, either with the icon or with

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 google-earth

cheers,
Bernd

[zugunder]

winstonteacox
OK, I tried that... It did not work.
Installed all the dependencies, listed in your post. Installed the 64bit RPM taken today from the earth.google.com.
Started it.

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$ google-earth
/usr/bin/google-earth: line 43: ./googleearth-bin: No such file or directory

The problem is not in missed deps (maybe it will appear later, I do not know).

[winstonteacox]

Dang!

This is strange ...

We have to find something about the Path in the end of the script ....



Bernd

[zugunder]

Well, I tried a 32bit version on my 64bit machine.
Of course, it automatically pulled 78 additional packages, but at least it runs well. I did not have to install anything manually. The fonts are ugly, but nevermind.
Sure, I'd prefer to have a 64bit version...

BTW, are there any substantial differences between 5th and 6th versions of google-earth? I do not see any, to be honest... Is it spying on you much better and that's it?

[winstonteacox]

32 bit runs?

Ok, so we should recommend the 32 bit versions .....
There should be really no big difference between 64 and 32 bit, because most of the additional rpms (i.e. libs) are only 32bit, when you use a 64bit version of GE.

Thx,
Bernd

[zugunder]

My guess is that the problem of the 64bit rpm is some bug in the installer, probably they just missed smth.
32 bit runs fine however.

[winstonteacox]

Hmmmh.
Why does it work here with the 64 bit rpm?
My System (the one where I have GE6) is a fresh installed 64bit Mageia 1, from the double-arch-CD.

But - as I mentioned already further above - ... whatever ...

The main point is: It works with the 32bit version.


cheers,
Bernd

[isadora]

Same here, 64-bits runs without a glitch, but we better recommend 32-bits then.