Problems with googleearth package

[David Curtis]

Jason Wilson wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

Why do this when G.E. is available as a package from the Medibuntu repo?