Google Earth Installation

[Guest]

I'm trying to get Google Earth to install by using "sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes googleearth" in the terminal. All goes well until I get "can't find package to install". Any ideas? Thanks,

[daihard]

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I'm trying to get Google Earth to install by using "sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes googleearth" in the terminal. All goes well until I get "can't find package to install". Any ideas? Thanks,

Do you have the Medibuntu repository included in /etc/apt/sources.list? I blelieve you need it (as follows) in the file in order to install Google Earth.

deb [url]http://packages.medibuntu.org/[/url] hardy free non-free

[Snowhog]

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Install it by going to the Google Earth Linux download site at Google here.

[daihard]

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Install it by going to the Google Earth Linux download site at Google here.

Just curious, are you in a position to not agree with the use of Medibuntu? Or is it simply because the installation via Adept + Medibuntu has had issues in the past when it comes to Google Earth?

[caryb]

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I read this post & decided to install GE I have the medubuntu repo in my source list, I selected GE 4.3 in Adept. During the install adept asked for acceptance for the ula but I couldn't select the ok button from within adept. I crashed out & killed the process from the terminal & ran dpkg again & then I could select the ula acceptance buttons. 4.3 looks good but the maps for Australia are a good 4 years old, as I have moved a shed on my property in that time


Cary

[daihard]

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I read this post & decided to install GE I have the medubuntu repo in my source list, I selected GE 4.3 in Adept. During the install adept asked for acceptance for the ula but I couldn't select the ok button from within adept. I crashed out & killed the process from the terminal & ran dpkg again & then I could select the ula acceptance buttons. 4.3 looks good but the maps for Australia are a good 4 years old, as I have moved a shed on my property in that time

Didn't know you could choose 4.3... I simply ran "apt-get install googleearth," and it installed 4.2.

The maps for my neighbourhood has just been updated. Until then my entire subdivision was the woods.

[Detonate]

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If you like Google Earth, you'll really like the "Street View" function in Google Maps. Go To:

http://maps.google.com/maps

Put a street address in and click search, then click the "Street View" tab. Doesn't work everywhere, but they have most of the US covered and it's coverage is growing every day.

[daihard]

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If you like Google Earth, you'll really like the "Street View" function in Google Maps. Go To:

http://maps.google.com/maps

Put a street address in and click search, then click the "Street View" tab. Doesn't work everywhere, but they have most of the US covered and it's coverage is growing every day.

I wonder if the Seattle area is covered? I don't see any tab named "Street View." The tabs I see are "Traffic," "More," "Map," "Satellite" and "Terrain." The "More" tab has "Photos" and "Wikipedia."

[Detonate]

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There's no button at the top of the map for "Street View"? There is on mine. I didn't even know I had it until I came in and my 8 year old grandson was playing with it on my computer. If the very small town I live in, in Northeast Colorado is mapped, I'm sure Seattle must be mapped. Wait a minute... that's where Bill Gates lives isn't it? Maybe that's the reason.

[Detonate]

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Well, I stand corrected. I just tried to open "Street View" and if you scroll the map to the West, the icon disappears about Salt Lake City. So it appears they have not done the West coast yet.

[daihard]

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Wait a minute... that's where Bill Gates lives isn't it? Maybe that's the reason.

Honesty, that is a very convincing argument. Google vs. Microsoft... the fight goes on and on and on...

[gnowak]

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Did the thread author get GE installed? ;-)

I can see some people are putting a [SOLVED] or *Solved* tag in their subject when the problem is solved. Why is this tag so rare?

How to tag:
The author of the thread, must modify the first message by manually editing the subject title.

Of course.. I don't know if the author of this thread is satisfied with the answer ;-)

I think the [SOLVED] tag in the subject title would make the forum system more efficient for helping people who need help.

To all thread authors, consider using this tag. You can always start a new thread being more specific about an unanswered question, which rarely is the same as the original subject title.

Kubuntu 4 the win.

[marshallbanana]

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Just thought I'd point out that its no longer necessary to install Google Earth as you can now get it through your browser as a plugin:
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?.../05/30/1723225

[Detonate]

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That seems to be "Windows Only".

[marshallbanana]

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So it is. That's disappointing. I don't actually use Google Earth so I didn't really bother to go much beyond the headline.