[Bug 1562948] Re: google-earth not working - broken package with Xenial Xerus

[Graham Inggs]

** Also affects: lsb (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #830481
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   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  google-earth not working - broken package with Xenial Xerus

Status in googleearth-package package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in lsb package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in lsb package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  With Xubuntu Xenial Xerus 16.04 LTS Beta2 googleearth-package (1.2.2)
  is still not working as reported several times before.
  This time, there is no way to install google-earth with normal administrator skills
  at all - as further outlined below.

  As reported for the former LTS Trusty (14.04 LTS) Bug# 1314993,
  the package is still not working and dependencies are not met:

  From Xenial Beta2:
  $ make-googleearth-package --force
  $ sudo dpkg -i googleearth_6.0.3.2197+1.2.0-1_amd64.deb
  Selecting previously unselected package googleearth.
  (Reading database ... 445462 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack googleearth_6.0.3.2197+1.2.0-1_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking googleearth (6.0.3.2197+1.2.0-1) ...
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of googleearth:
   googleearth depends on lsb-core; however:
    Package lsb-core is not installed.
   googleearth depends on libcurl3:i386; however:
  dpkg: error processing package googleearth (--install):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
  Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu4) ...
  Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
  Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.5-2) ...
  Unknown media type in type 'all/all'
  Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles'
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   googleearth

  As lsb-core is no longer supported by Debian (and thus Ubuntu), this dependency
  can not be met and thus also the directly provided Google 32 bit package is not installable.
  As reported since years the 64 bit package is also not installable (and never[?] was).

  Also the depicted way using Jessie packages (lsb-security_4.1+Debian13+nmu1_i386.deb,
  lsb-invalid-mta_4.1+Debian13+nmu1_all.deb and lsb-core_4.1+Debian13+nmu1_i386.deb)
  is no longer possible (i.e. with Beta2), as other dependency problems exist.

  This problem may be best addressed by google in providing current installation packages
  working on current amd64 systems or by Debian/Ubuntu by providing an environment
  where these dependencies are met (this was the former reason for the google-earth package).

  Even with 32 bit package provided by Google a stable usage is not possible with Werewolf (15.10),
  see e.g. Bug #1559489.
  Thus, additional care by Google may be appropriate.

  Otherwise, this very informative and educative tool is no longer accessible for most users
  of the Linux desktop ....

  If further pieces of information are needed or something should be
  tested, I am willing to help.

  Best wishes,

  JMB

  ---
  Other pieces of information:
  lsb_release -rd
    Description:	Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch)
    Release:	16.04
    [current today]
  ~
  sudo dpkg -l | grep earth
  ii  googleearth-package                           1.2.2                                      all          utility to automatically build a Debian package of Google Earth
  ~
  apt-cache policy googleearth-package
  googleearth-package:
    Installed: 1.2.2
    Candidate: 1.2.2
    Version table:
   *** 1.2.2 500
          500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse amd64 Packages
          500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  ~~~

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