Automatix?

[Derek Broughton]

Gabriel Dragffy wrote:

> Jim Smith wrote:
>> I would like to install Google Earth on this Sony laptop, Ubuntu 7.04,
> 
> It is generally recommended to avoid Automatix. Although I find it very
> useful, but only really use it if you don't intend to dist-upgrade your
> system. For general multimedia support Easy Ubuntu is recommended, but
> this lacks Google Earth. My advice would be to download it from Google
> manually, if they have a .deb.

They didn't as of last week, but the binary they provide installs flawlessly
into /opt.  It works fine and doesn't collide with anything.
-- 
derek