Problems with googleearth package

[Jason Wilson]

On Sat, 6 Sep 2008, stan wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 10:38:42AM -0400, Brian McKee wrote:
>> On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:14 AM, stan <stanb at panix.com> wrote:
>>> I am trying to get googleearth working on a machine that has the latest
>>> upgradees installed. I did an apt-get install of the googleearth package,
>>> and ran it. It complained about the version of googleearth it downloaded,
>>> but I was able to continue by using the --force option. During the build I
>>> got some messages indicating that I might need to do something with
>>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but I assumed thta this would get taken care of.
>>
>>
>> I'm confused - apt-get install would install it, not build it - and if
>> you are using the standard repositories you shouldn't have to --force
>> anything.  What was the complaint about the version?  Can you expand
>> on what you actually did here?
>>
> This is the googleearth package builder. It downloads, and builds a Debian
> package for googleearth. Is there a better way to do this?
> --

Actually, if you're just looking to install GoogleEarth on your Linux 
machine, download GoogleEarthLinux.bin and go to your shell and type: sh 
GoogleEarthLinux.bin and follow the directions. It will be installed.

Jason
jwilson at noosaj.com