How do I install a bin file?

[Wulfy]

Pat Brown wrote:
> How can I install a bin file from a terminal? I have GoogleEarth and I 
> tried installing it with the Package Manager before but though it seemed 
> to install would never show up anywhere as an app to run. I can find a 
> lot of various files when I unpack the downloaded bin file, but I have 
> no idea how to run them, or even what to run. Does anyone here use 
> GoogleEarth? I tried signing up for the GoogleEarth help list, but the 
> advice I got was next to useless - I could never find the files where 
> people said they were.
>
> I'm stumped. I'd like to use GoogleEarth, but it looks like I should 
> have kept my Windows partition to do so.
>
>   
Why not install the deb package?

wulfy at localhost:~$ apt-cache show googleearth-4.3
Package: googleearth-4.3
Source: googleearth
Version: 4.3.7191.6508-0medibuntu3
Architecture: i386
Maintainer: Medibuntu Packaging Team <admin at lists.medibuntu.org>
Installed-Size: 47012
Pre-Depends: debconf (>= 1.4.69) | cdebconf (>= 0.39)
Depends: googleearth-4.3-data (= 4.3.7191.6508-0medibuntu3), libc6 (>= 
2.3.2), libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.5), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libglib2.0-0 
(>= 2.12.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libsm6, libx11-6, libxcursor1 (>> 
1.1.2), libxext6, libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1), libxi6, libxinerama1, 
libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxrender1, ttf-dejavu | ttf-bitstream-vera | 
msttcorefonts
Conflicts: googleearth (<< 4.3.7191.6508-0medibuntu2), googleearth-4.2
Homepage: http://earth.google.com/
Priority: extra
Section: non-free/net
Filename: 
pool/non-free/g/googleearth/googleearth-4.3_4.3.7191.6508-0medibuntu3_i386.deb
Size: 16867830
SHA1: 67e1522d924b0d1d338eda0880b2d86f0a0fd155
MD5sum: 2d7890220e0bfc6996d24e0da3a22bdd
Description: Google Earth! 4.3 - binary files
 The idea is simple. It's a globe that sits inside your PC. You point
 and zoom to anyplace on the planet that you want to explore.
 Satellite images and local facts zoom into view. Tap into Google
 search to show local points of interest and facts. Zoom to a
 specific address to check out an apartment or hotel. View driving
 directions and even fly along your route. We invite you to try it
 now.
 .
 NOTE: You must accept Google Earth!'s EULA prior to successfully installing
 this package.
 .
 This is in Medibuntu because of its non-free license.
 .
 This package contains binary files for Google Earth! 4.3.


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