GoogleEarth install still NO JOY in Precise

[GreyGeek]

I wanted to install GoogleEarth so I went out to its website and downloaded its 64bit Debian version.
When I began to install it, it said there was an older version in the software channel. The version I just downloaded and was attempting to install said it had to add 224 packages. I counted the first 100 and noticed that I wasn't anywhere close to being half way down the right hand slider.

I went to the "software channel" (repository) and after installing the googleearth-package from the repository I ran "make-googleearth-package" and
received ia32 error messages which broke the package and prevented the install:

jerry@jerry-Aspire-7739:~$ make-googleearth-package
cat: /etc/mailname: No such file or directory
--2012-03-20 18:09:23-- http://dl.google.com/earth/client/cu...EarthLinux.bin
Resolving dl.google.com (dl.google.com)... 173.194.43.41, 173.194.43.34, 173.194.43.38, ...
Connecting to dl.google.com (dl.google.com)|173.194.43.41|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 33688483 (32M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `GoogleEarthLinux.bin'

100%[==========================================>] 33,688,483 1.72M/s in 19s

2012-03-20 18:09:42 (1.70 MB/s) - `GoogleEarthLinux.bin' saved [33688483/33688483]

Google Earth for GNU/Linux 6.0.3.2197
Supported Google Earth version: 6.0.3.2197
./
./googleearth.xpm
./desktop_icons/
./desktop_icons/pro/
./desktop_icons/pro/product_logo_128.png
./desktop_icons/pro/product_logo_22.png
./desktop_icons/pro/product_logo_64.png
./desktop_icons/pro/product_logo_16.png
./desktop_icons/pro/product_logo_256.png
./desktop_icons/pro/product_logo_32.xpm
./desktop_icons/pro/product_logo_24.png
./desktop_icons/pro/product_logo_48.png
./desktop_icons/pro/product_logo_32.png
./desktop_icons/ec/
./desktop_icons/ec/product_logo_128.png
./desktop_icons/ec/product_logo_22.png
./desktop_icons/ec/product_logo_64.png
./desktop_icons/ec/product_logo_16.png
./desktop_icons/ec/product_logo_256.png
./desktop_icons/ec/product_logo_32.xpm
./desktop_icons/ec/product_logo_24.png
./desktop_icons/ec/product_logo_48.png
./desktop_icons/ec/product_logo_32.png
./desktop_icons/consumer/
./desktop_icons/consumer/product_logo_128.png
./desktop_icons/consumer/product_logo_22.png
./desktop_icons/consumer/product_logo_64.png
./desktop_icons/consumer/product_logo_16.png
./desktop_icons/consumer/product_logo_256.png
./desktop_icons/consumer/product_logo_32.xpm
./desktop_icons/consumer/product_logo_24.png
./desktop_icons/consumer/product_logo_48.png
./desktop_icons/consumer/product_logo_32.png
./setup.sh
./googleearth-linux-x86.tar
./setup.data/
./setup.data/locale/
./setup.data/locale/es/
./setup.data/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/
./setup.data/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/setup.mo
./setup.data/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/loki-uninstall.mo
./setup.data/locale/fr/
./setup.data/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/
./setup.data/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/setup.mo
./setup.data/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/loki-uninstall.mo
./setup.data/locale/nl/
./setup.data/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/
./setup.data/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/setup.mo
./setup.data/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/loki-uninstall.mo
./setup.data/locale/sv/
./setup.data/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/
./setup.data/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/setup.mo
./setup.data/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/loki-uninstall.mo
./setup.data/locale/ru/
./setup.data/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/
./setup.data/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/setup.mo
./setup.data/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/loki-uninstall.mo
./setup.data/locale/it/
./setup.data/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/
./setup.data/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/setup.mo
./setup.data/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/loki-uninstall.mo
./setup.data/locale/de/
./setup.data/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/
./setup.data/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/setup.mo
./setup.data/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/loki-uninstall.mo
./setup.data/setup.xml
./setup.data/setup.glade
./setup.data/splash.xpm
./setup.data/setup.gtk2.glade
./setup.data/config.sh
./setup.data/bin/
./setup.data/bin/OpenBSD
./setup.data/bin/NetBSD
./setup.data/bin/Linux/
./setup.data/bin/Linux/x86_64
./setup.data/bin/Linux/x86/
./setup.data/bin/Linux/x86/setup.gtk2
./setup.data/bin/Linux/x86/uninstall
./setup.data/bin/Linux/x86/setup.gtk
./setup.data/bin/Linux/amd64
./setup.data/bin/FreeBSD
./README.linux
./googleearth-icon.png
./linux/
./linux/xdg/
./linux/xdg/xdg-desktop-menu
./linux/xdg/xdg-desktop-icon
./linux/xdg/xdg-mime
./googleearth-data.tar
./postinstall.sh
./bin/
./bin/googleearth
./preuninstall.sh
Package: googleearth
Version: 6.0.3.2197+0.7.0-1
Section: non-free/science
Priority: optional
Maintainer: <jerry@jerry-Aspire-7739>
Architecture: amd64
Depends: ttf-dejavu | ttf-bitstream-vera | msttcorefonts, libfreeimage3, lsb-core, libqtcore4, libgl1-mesa-glx , ia32-libs-gtk , msttcorefonts
Suggests: lib32nss-mdns, libgl1-nvidia-glx-ia32
Description: Google Earth, a 3D map/planet viewer
Package built with googleearth-package.
dpkg-deb: building package `googleearth' in `./googleearth_6.0.3.2197+0.7.0-1_amd64.deb'.
Success!
You can now install the package with e.g. sudo dpkg -i <package>.deb
jerry@jerry-Aspire-7739:~$ sudo dpkg -i ./googleearth_6.0.3.2197+0.7.0-1_amd64.deb
[sudo] password for jerry:
Selecting previously unselected package googleearth.
(Reading database ... 413569 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking googleearth (from .../googleearth_6.0.3.2197+0.7.0-1_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of googleearth:
googleearth depends on libfreeimage3; however:
Package libfreeimage3 is not installed.
googleearth depends on lsb-core; however:
Package lsb-core is not installed.
googleearth depends on ia32-libs-gtk; however:
Package ia32-libs-gtk is not installed.
dpkg: error processing googleearth (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...
Unknown media type in type 'all/all'
Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmst'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/pnm'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt'
Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspu'
Processing triggers for menu ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
googleearth
jerry@jerry-Aspire-7739:~$

libfreeimage3 wants to remove googleearth and install libraw5, what ever that is.
lsb-core wants to add alien and a bunch of rpm files.
ia32-libs-gtk is not in the repository.

So, GoogleEarth on Precise is still a no-go.

[GreyGeek]

Here are the list of files that the GoogleEarth 64b Debian package wants to install:

alien (version 8.86) will be installed
bluez-alsa:i386 (version 4.98-2ubuntu6) will be installed
glib-networking:i386 (version 2.31.22-1) will be installed
gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3:i386 (version 0.10.15.debian-1ubuntu1) will be installed
gstreamer0.10-plugins-base:i386 (version 0.10.36-1) will be installed
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:i386 (version 0.10.31-1ubuntu1) will be installed
gstreamer0.10-x:i386 (version 0.10.36-1) will be installed
gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 (version 0.98.2-0ubuntu1) will be installed
gtk2-engines-oxygen:i386 (version 1.2.2-0ubuntu1) will be installed
gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386 (version 2.24.10-0ubuntu5) will be installed
gtk2-engines:i386 (version 1:2.20.2-1ubuntu1) will be installed
gvfs-libs:i386 (version 1.11.4-0ubuntu2) will be installed
gvfs:i386 (version 1.11.4-0ubuntu2) will be installed
ia32-libs (version 20090808ubuntu35) will be installed
ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 (version 20090808ubuntu35) will be installed
ibus-gtk:i386 (version 1.4.1-1ubuntu3) will be installed
lib32z1 (version 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3ubuntu4) will be installed
libaa1:i386 (version 1.4p5-39ubuntu1) will be installed
libaio1:i386 (version 0.3.109-2ubuntu1) will be installed
libao-common (version 1.1.0-1ubuntu2) will be installed
libao4:i386 (version 1.1.0-1ubuntu2) will be installed
libasn1-8-heimdal:i386 (version 1.5.dfsg.1-3) will be installed
libasound2-plugins:i386 (version 1.0.25-1ubuntu1) will be installed
libasound2:i386 (version 1.0.25-1ubuntu10) will be installed
libasyncns0:i386 (version 0.8-4) will be installed
libatk1.0-0:i386 (version 2.3.95-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libaudio2:i386 (version 1.9.3-4) will be installed
libaudiofile1:i386 (version 0.3.3-2) will be installed
libavahi-client3:i386 (version 0.6.30-5ubuntu2) will be installed
libavahi-common-data:i386 (version 0.6.30-5ubuntu2) will be installed
libavahi-common3:i386 (version 0.6.30-5ubuntu2) will be installed
libavc1394-0:i386 (version 0.5.3-1ubuntu2) will be installed
libc6-i386 (version 2.15-0ubuntu5) will be installed
libcaca0:i386 (version 0.99.beta17-2.1ubuntu2) will be installed
libcairo-gobject2:i386 (version 1.10.2-6.1ubuntu2) will be installed
libcairo2:i386 (version 1.10.2-6.1ubuntu2) will be installed
libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 (version 0.28-3ubuntu2) will be installed
libcanberra-gtk0:i386 (version 0.28-3ubuntu2) will be installed
libcanberra0:i386 (version 0.28-3ubuntu2) will be installed
libcap2:i386 (version 1:2.22-1ubuntu3) will be installed
libcapi20-3:i386 (version 1:3.12.20071127-0ubuntu11) will be installed
libcdparanoia0:i386 (version 3.10.2+debian-10ubuntu1) will be installed
libcroco3:i386 (version 0.6.4-2) will be installed
libcups2:i386 (version 1.5.2-8bzr1) will be installed
libcupsimage2:i386 (version 1.5.2-8bzr1) will be installed
libcurl3:i386 (version 7.22.0-3ubuntu3) will be installed
libdatrie1:i386 (version 0.2.5-3) will be installed
libdbus-glib-1-2:i386 (version 0.98-1ubuntu1) will be installed
libdv4:i386 (version 1.0.0-3ubuntu1) will be installed
libesd0:i386 (version 0.2.41-10build3) will be installed
libexif12:i386 (version 0.6.20-2) will be installed
libexpat1:i386 (version 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1) will be installed
libflac8:i386 (version 1.2.1-6) will be installed
libfontconfig1:i386 (version 2.8.0-3ubuntu6) will be installed
libfreeimage3 (version 3.15.1-1) will be installed
libfreetype6:i386 (version 2.4.8-1) will be installed
libgail-common:i386 (version 2.24.10-0ubuntu5) will be installed
libgail18:i386 (version 2.24.10-0ubuntu5) will be installed
libgconf-2-4:i386 (version 3.2.5-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libgcrypt11:i386 (version 1.5.0-3) will be installed
libgd2-xpm:i386 (version 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6ubuntu2) will be installed
libgdbm3:i386 (version 1.8.3-10) will be installed
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 (version 2.25.2-0ubuntu2) will be installed
libgettextpo0:i386 (version 0.18.1.1-5ubuntu3) will be installed
libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 (version 8.0.1-0ubuntu5) will be installed
libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 (version 8.0.1-0ubuntu5) will be installed
libglapi-mesa:i386 (version 8.0.1-0ubuntu5) will be installed
libglib2.0-0:i386 (version 2.31.22-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libglu1-mesa:i386 (version 8.0.1-0ubuntu5) will be installed
libgnome-keyring0:i386 (version 3.2.2-2) will be installed
libgnutls26:i386 (version 2.12.14-5ubuntu2) will be installed
libgomp1:i386 (version 4.6.3-1ubuntu3) will be installed
libgpg-error0:i386 (version 1.10-2ubuntu1) will be installed
libgphoto2-2:i386 (version 2.4.13-1) will be installed
libgphoto2-port0:i386 (version 2.4.13-1) will be installed
libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 (version 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2) will be installed
libgssapi3-heimdal:i386 (version 1.5.dfsg.1-3) will be installed
libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0:i386 (version 0.10.36-1) will be installed
libgstreamer0.10-0:i386 (version 0.10.36-1) will be installed
libgtk2.0-0:i386 (version 2.24.10-0ubuntu5) will be installed
libgudev-1.0-0:i386 (version 1:175-0ubuntu6) will be installed
libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386 (version 1.5.dfsg.1-3) will be installed
libheimbase1-heimdal:i386 (version 1.5.dfsg.1-3) will be installed
libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386 (version 1.5.dfsg.1-3) will be installed
libhx509-5-heimdal:i386 (version 1.5.dfsg.1-3) will be installed
libibus-1.0-0:i386 (version 1.4.1-1ubuntu3) will be installed
libice6:i386 (version 2:1.0.7-2build1) will be installed
libidn11:i386 (version 1.23-2) will be installed
libiec61883-0:i386 (version 1.2.0-0.1ubuntu1) will be installed
libieee1284-3:i386 (version 0.2.11-10build1) will be installed
libjack-jackd2-0:i386 (version 1.9.8~dfsg.1-1ubuntu1) will be installed
libjasper1:i386 (version 1.900.1-13) will be installed
libjpeg-turbo8:i386 (version 1.1.90+svn733-0ubuntu4) will be installed
libjpeg8:i386 (version 8c-2ubuntu7) will be installed
libjson0:i386 (version 0.9-1ubuntu1) will be installed
libk5crypto3:i386 (version 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2) will be installed
libkeyutils1:i386 (version 1.5.2-2) will be installed
libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386 (version 1.5.dfsg.1-3) will be installed
libkrb5-3:i386 (version 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2) will be installed
libkrb5support0:i386 (version 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2) will be installed
liblcms1:i386 (version 1.19.dfsg-1ubuntu3) will be installed
libldap-2.4-2:i386 (version 2.4.28-1.1ubuntu3) will be installed
libllvm3.0:i386 (version 3.0-4ubuntu1) will be installed
libltdl7:i386 (version 2.4.2-1ubuntu1) will be installed
libmad0:i386 (version 0.15.1b-7ubuntu1) will be installed
libmikmod2:i386 (version 3.1.12-2) will be installed
libmng1:i386 (version 1.0.10-3) will be installed
libmpg123-0:i386 (version 1.12.1-3.2ubuntu1) will be installed
libmysqlclient18:i386 (version 5.5.20-0ubuntu3) will be installed
libnspr4:i386 (version 4.8.9-1ubuntu2) will be installed
libnss3:i386 (version 3.13.1.with.ckbi.1.88-1ubuntu6) will be installed
libodbc1:i386 (version 2.2.14p2-5ubuntu3) will be installed
libogg0:i386 (version 1.2.2~dfsg-1ubuntu1) will be installed
liboil0.3:i386 (version 0.3.17-2ubuntu2) will be installed
libopenal1:i386 (version 1:1.13-4ubuntu3) will be installed
liborc-0.4-0:i386 (version 1:0.4.16-1ubuntu2) will be installed
libp11-kit0:i386 (version 0.10-1) will be installed
libpango1.0-0:i386 (version 1.29.5-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libpixman-1-0:i386 (version 0.24.4-1) will be installed
libproxy1:i386 (version 0.4.7-0ubuntu4) will be installed
libpulse-mainloop-glib0:i386 (version 1:1.1-0ubuntu12) will be installed
libpulse0:i386 (version 1:1.1-0ubuntu12) will be installed
libpulsedsp:i386 (version 1:1.1-0ubuntu12) will be installed
libqt4-dbus:i386 (version 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu11) will be installed
libqt4-declarative:i386 (version 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu11) will be installed
libqt4-designer:i386 (version 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu11) will be installed
libqt4-network:i386 (version 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu11) will be installed
libqt4-opengl:i386 (version 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu11) will be installed
libqt4-qt3support:i386 (version 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu11) will be installed
libqt4-script:i386 (version 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu11) will be installed
libqt4-scripttools:i386 (version 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu11) will be installed
libqt4-sql-mysql:i386 (version 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu11) will be installed
libqt4-sql:i386 (version 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu11) will be installed
libqt4-svg:i386 (version 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu11) will be installed
libqt4-test:i386 (version 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu11) will be installed
libqt4-xml:i386 (version 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu11) will be installed
libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 (version 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu11) will be installed
libqtcore4:i386 (version 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu11) will be installed
libqtgui4:i386 (version 4:4.8.0-1ubuntu11) will be installed
libqtwebkit4:i386 (version 2.2.1-1ubuntu4) will be installed
libraw1394-11:i386 (version 2.0.7-1ubuntu1) will be installed
libraw5 (version 0.14.4-0ubuntu2) will be installed
libroken18-heimdal:i386 (version 1.5.dfsg.1-3) will be installed
librpm2 (version 4.9.1.1-1build1) will be installed
librpmbuild2 (version 4.9.1.1-1build1) will be installed
librpmio2 (version 4.9.1.1-1build1) will be installed
librpmsign0 (version 4.9.1.1-1build1) will be installed
librsvg2-2:i386 (version 2.35.2-0ubuntu1) will be installed
librsvg2-common:i386 (version 2.35.2-0ubuntu1) will be installed
librtmp0:i386 (version 2.4~20110711.gitc28f1bab-1) will be installed
libsamplerate0:i386 (version 0.1.8-1) will be installed
libsane:i386 (version 1.0.22-7ubuntu1) will be installed
libsasl2-2:i386 (version 2.1.25.dfsg1-3) will be installed
libsasl2-modules:i386 (version 2.1.25.dfsg1-3) will be installed
libsdl-image1.2:i386 (version 1.2.10-3) will be installed
libsdl-mixer1.2:i386 (version 1.2.11-7) will be installed
libsdl-net1.2:i386 (version 1.2.7-5) will be installed
libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386 (version 2.0.9-1.1ubuntu1) will be installed
libsdl1.2debian:i386 (version 1.2.14-6.4ubuntu3) will be installed
libshout3:i386 (version 2.2.2-7ubuntu1) will be installed
libsm6:i386 (version 2:1.2.0-2build1) will be installed
libsndfile1:i386 (version 1.0.25-4) will be installed
libsoup-gnome2.4-1:i386 (version 2.37.92-1) will be installed
libsoup2.4-1:i386 (version 2.37.92-1) will be installed
libspeex1:i386 (version 1.2~rc1-3ubuntu2) will be installed
libspeexdsp1:i386 (version 1.2~rc1-3ubuntu2) will be installed
libsqlite3-0:i386 (version 3.7.9-2ubuntu1) will be installed
libssl0.9.8:i386 (version 0.9.8o-7ubuntu2) will be installed
libstdc++5:i386 (version 1:3.3.6-25ubuntu1) will be installed
libstdc++6:i386 (version 4.6.3-1ubuntu3) will be installed
libtag1-vanilla:i386 (version 1.7-1ubuntu5) will be installed
libtag1c2a:i386 (version 1.7-1ubuntu5) will be installed
libtasn1-3:i386 (version 2.10-1ubuntu1) will be installed
libtdb1:i386 (version 1.2.9-4) will be installed
libthai0:i386 (version 0.1.16-3) will be installed
libtheora0:i386 (version 1.1.1+dfsg.1-3ubuntu2) will be installed
libtiff4:i386 (version 3.9.5-2) will be installed
libunistring0:i386 (version 0.9.3-5) will be installed
libusb-0.1-4:i386 (version 2:0.1.12-20) will be installed
libv4l-0:i386 (version 0.8.6-1ubuntu1) will be installed
libv4lconvert0:i386 (version 0.8.6-1ubuntu1) will be installed
libvisual-0.4-0:i386 (version 0.4.0-4) will be installed
libvisual-0.4-plugins:i386 (version 0.4.0.dfsg.1-7) will be installed
libvorbis0a:i386 (version 1.3.2-1ubuntu3) will be installed
libvorbisenc2:i386 (version 1.3.2-1ubuntu3) will be installed
libvorbisfile3:i386 (version 1.3.2-1ubuntu3) will be installed
libwavpack1:i386 (version 4.60.1-2) will be installed
libwind0-heimdal:i386 (version 1.5.dfsg.1-3) will be installed
libwrap0:i386 (version 7.6.q-21) will be installed
libx11-6:i386 (version 2:1.4.99.1-0ubuntu2) will be installed
libx11-xcb1:i386 (version 2:1.4.99.1-0ubuntu2) will be installed
libxau6:i386 (version 1:1.0.6-4) will be installed
libxaw7:i386 (version 2:1.0.9-3) will be installed
libxcb-glx0:i386 (version 1.8-2ubuntu1) will be installed
libxcb-render0:i386 (version 1.8-2ubuntu1) will be installed
libxcb-shm0:i386 (version 1.8-2ubuntu1) will be installed
libxcb1:i386 (version 1.8-2ubuntu1) will be installed
libxcomposite1:i386 (version 1:0.4.3-2build1) will be installed
libxcursor1:i386 (version 1:1.1.12-1) will be installed
libxdamage1:i386 (version 1:1.1.3-2build1) will be installed
libxdmcp6:i386 (version 1:1.1.0-4) will be installed
libxext6:i386 (version 2:1.3.0-3build1) will be installed
libxfixes3:i386 (version 1:5.0-4ubuntu4) will be installed
libxft2:i386 (version 2.2.0-3ubuntu2) will be installed
libxi6:i386 (version 2:1.5.99.3-0ubuntu2) will be installed
libxinerama1:i386 (version 2:1.1.1-3build1) will be installed
libxml2:i386 (version 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4) will be installed
libxmu6:i386 (version 2:1.1.0-3) will be installed
libxp6:i386 (version 1:1.0.1-2) will be installed
libxpm4:i386 (version 1:3.5.9-4) will be installed
libxrandr2:i386 (version 2:1.3.2-2) will be installed
libxrender1:i386 (version 1:0.9.6-2build1) will be installed
libxslt1.1:i386 (version 1.1.26-8ubuntu1) will be installed
libxss1:i386 (version 1:1.2.1-2) will be installed
libxt6:i386 (version 1:1.1.1-2build1) will be installed
libxtst6:i386 (version 2:1.2.0-4) will be installed
libxv1:i386 (version 2:1.0.6-2build1) will be installed
libxxf86vm1:i386 (version 1:1.1.1-2build1) will be installed
lsb-core (version 4.0-0ubuntu20) will be installed
m4 (version 1.4.16-2ubuntu1) will be installed
odbcinst1debian2:i386 (version 2.2.14p2-5ubuntu3) will be installed
pax (version 1:20120216-1) will be installed
rpm (version 4.9.1.1-1build1) will be installed
rpm-common (version 4.9.1.1-1build1) will be installed
rpm2cpio (version 4.9.1.1-1build1) will be installed
xaw3dg:i386 (version 1.5+E-18.1ubuntu1) will be installed

Looks like I'll be using the web version for a while.

[bra|10n]

I downloaded the 64bit Deb from the same site and installed via double-click.

After downloading the dependencies, the installer prompted a restart to allow the install to finish.

On restart the installer failed to pick up where it had left off, likely due to 'Start with an empty session' being enabled. Double clicking the Deb finished the install without error.

I noted just over 300 packages were required to be installed.

Googling the terrible fonts in G.E and found a fix here.
Instructions to apply the fix as follows,

cd ~/Downloads
7z x replacement.7z
cd replacement
sudo cp -r * /opt/google/earth/free/

Joy!

[SteveRiley]

I made a decision a few weeks ago that from Precise onward, I will not use anything that requires ia32-libs-multiarch. I find it rather difficult to believe, in 2012, that an application can't be written to compile against 64-bit libraries.

[Snowhog]

Lazy programmer/packagers.

[GreyGeek]

I made a decision a few weeks ago that from Precise onward, I will not use anything that requires ia32-libs-multiarch. I find it rather difficult to believe, in 2012, that an application can't be written to compile against 64-bit libraries.

+1

I've made the same decision in minimizing my use og GTK+ based apps as well.

[daihard]

I made a decision a few weeks ago that from Precise onward, I will not use anything that requires ia32-libs-multiarch. I find it rather difficult to believe, in 2012, that an application can't be written to compile against 64-bit libraries.

I wish I had that luxury. As part of my work I need to be able to build the 32-bit version of our products on my 64-bit Linux machine, which requires the installation of some i386 libraries if not the entire ia32-libs package. Our source control software, which IMO sucks, requires a few 32-bit X11 libraries too. Ugh!

[daihard]

+1

I've made the same decision in minimizing my use og GTK+ based apps as well.

I'm so glad I have been able to return to Kmail with Precise. Evolution sure stunk a big time.

I am sticking with Chrome for now, though.

[GreyGeek]

I wish I had that luxury. As part of my work I need to be able to build the 32-bit version of our products on my 64-bit Linux machine, which requires the installation of some i386 libraries if not the entire ia32-libs package. Our source control software, which IMO sucks, requires a few 32-bit X11 libraries too. Ugh!

Have you tried using VMWare or VirtualBox to install a 32 bit Kubuntu and then doing your development under it, leaving your 64bit host free of ia32 libraries?

I'm so glad I have been able to return to Kmail with Precise. Evolution sure stunk a big time.

I am sticking with Chrome for now, though.

I've been a devoted FireFox fan, and still am, but yesterday I decided to give Chromium a through checking out. FAST it is! Extensions it has in abundance! If I could find a way to link it to Kmail so that an option would appear that would allow me to send a link via email without having to open Kmail and cut & paste the URL and subject line, I'd switch. I didn't see a way to do that in the configure tool, and I browsed the extensions/addons for hours (so many!!) without finding one. Anyone know of any?

[daihard]

Have you tried using VMWare or VirtualBox to install a 32 bit Kubuntu and then doing your development under it, leaving your 64bit host free of ia32 libraries?

Yes, that's definitely an option. I have LVM installed so I can use that to install 32-bit Linux on my Kubuntu box. I will still need some 32-bit libraries in order to run our source control system, but that would be a lot more manageable than having to install the entire ia32-libs. Thanks for the suggestion!

The only thing about LVM is that it doesn't allow the guest OS to use the 3D capabilities of the underlying hardware, which VMware usually allows via WDDM drivers. I've been told that I can try SPICE, but I haven't gotten round to it yet. Does VMware have a version that runs on Linux?

[GreyGeek]

.... Does VMware have a version that runs on Linux?

Yes. I used to use it before I switched to VirtualBox.

However, SteveRiley, one of our admins, says the latest version for Linux integrates so nicely that apps in the guest can be run as if they are native to the host. There's a thread about the topic. Search will locate it.

[SteveRiley]

If I could find a way to link it to Kmail so that an option would appear that would allow me to send a link via email without having to open Kmail and cut & paste the URL and subject line, I'd switch. I didn't see a way to do that in the configure tool, and I browsed the extensions/addons for hours (so many!!) without finding one. Anyone know of any?

Hm...none of these work?

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...ndpai?hl=en-US
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...cnjkb?hl=en-US

I just used the first one to send you a link to your own KFN profile.

[GreyGeek]

....

I just used the first one to send you a link to your own KFN profile.

Thank you! That was exactly what I was looking for earlier.

[ardvark71]

So, GoogleEarth on Precise is still a no-go.

Hi GreyGeek...

Very strange, I never had any problem installing Google Earth on my copy of Ubuntu 10.04 x64 nor did I have to install the sheer number of dependencies that you listed (none, in fact!) However, I didn't try to install it from .deb, though. I installed Medibuntu and it was included as part of its software offerings, which I retrieved through Synaptic.

Regards...

[SteveRiley]

Very strange, I never had any problem installing Google Earth on my copy of Ubuntu 10.04 x64 nor did I have to install the sheer number of dependencies that you listed (none, in fact!) However, I didn't try to install it from .deb, though. I installed Medibuntu and it was included as part of its software offerings, which I retrieved through Synaptic.

Perhaps you already have the ia32 libs installed. What's the output of

dpkg --list | grep ia32