Help with package

Jim Smith jim at oz.net
Tue Dec 11 00:59:11 UTC 2012


On 12/10/2012 04:41 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 12/10/2012 03:45 PM, Jim Smith wrote:
>> I have forgotten how to finish installing the package :googleearth."
>> Somewhere in the dim past around version 8.xx or so I remember that
>> something more had to be done after using Synaptic to install it.
>> Currently using 12.04LTS on an old Sony laptop.
> You can download the .deb directly from here:
> <http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html>
>
> You can also use the google repository (which I prefer):
> <http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/google_earth>
> Follow the instruction under:
> 3rd Party Repository: Google Earth
>
> For install, the package name is:
> google-earth-stable
>
> $ apt-cache policy google-earth-stable
> google-earth-stable:
>    Installed: 6.0.3.2197-r0
>    Candidate: 6.0.3.2197-r0
>    Version table:
>   *** 6.0.3.2197-r0 0
>          500 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages
>          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> I tried the 7 version & encountered nothing but problems. So I recommend
> that you stick with the repo 6.x version.
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Thank you very much. It worked perfectly.

Jim

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