google-earth anybody?

[Hans Muecke]

Am 29.07.2012 14:05, schrieb Gene Heskett:
> Greetings all;
> 
> I first tried to dl and install with dpkg, the current version from google.  
> No dice, can't find its binary pieces, bales out.
> 
> Then I found the make-googleearth-package utility and installed that, then 
> ran it, which downloaded yet another copy from google.  Then it failed, 
> missing dependency's.  Fired up synaptic, used fix broken to pull in 
> several other bit & pieces.  Re-ran the make script, bailed out on versions 
> & recommended I use the --force option.
> 
> That squawked about 200 or so libraries it couldn't find the versions of, 
> but made a package anyway, so I installed it.
> 
> Now it fusses about lack of direct-x availability, which I assume nouveau 
> doesn't have, but regardless of which box I check on the startup requester, 
> google-earth's startup advisory box just goes away.
> 
> Has anyone succeeded in making google-earth run on a ubuntu 10.04-4-122-
> rtai system?
> 
> If so, do you recall how?

Yeah ... installed it under 10.04 and 12.04. Downloaded it from Google
originally and have to deal with it occassionally not working after
x-server or kernel updates. But in general - no problem.


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Talk to you later ... Hans (40 to go)

2012/07/29 18:50
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