How to install Google Earth 5.0 on Ubuntu 8.10
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What is Google Earth?
According to Wikipedia, Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographic information program that was originally called Earth Viewer, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a company acquired by Google in 2004. It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS 3D globe. It is available under three different licenses: Google Earth, a free version with limited functionality; Google Earth Plus (discontinued), which included additional features; and Google Earth Pro ($400 per year), which is intended for commercial use.
What’s new in Google Earth 5.0?
Here is a short video on youtube that explain it :
Installation
Google Earth is not available by default in the Ubuntu repositories and versions available in the Medibuntu repository are 4.2 and 4.3. So, we need to install the 5.0.11337.1968 version manually.
First, we must download the software as follows:
wget http://dl.google.com/earth/client/current/GoogleEarthLinux.bin
Then, we execute the installation :
sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin
A window should open, simply select “Begin installation”.
Once completed, a shortcut should be created in “Internet”.
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For my part, I had an issue when launching the application :
./googleearth-bin: relocation error: /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libssl.so.0.9.8: symbol BIO_test_flags, version OPENSSL_0.9.8 not defined in file libcrypto.so.0.9.8 with link time reference
To correct this problem, we just need to remove the libcrypto.so.0.9.8 of the Google Earth directory. Instead of removing it, we will just rename it :
cd ~/google-earth
mv libcrypto.so.0.9.8 libcrypto.so.0.9.8.old
Have a good use of Google Earth 5.0!
FRANÇAIS
March 11th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Yes… good hint !
March 14th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
it also helped to delete/rename the qt4 libs. so i have a anti-aliased version of google earth. thanks for the tipp with libssl
March 16th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Good to see it works, however, there are two minor problems / issues:
1) You don’t need to sudo the mv command as all of Google Earth is installed with your user account ownership (which is a good thing).
2) While it works as you show, there is no /usr/lib/libcrypto.so in the system! The closest is /usr/lib/libcrypt.so or there is /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 to choose from. Either one works, as doesn simply moving the orignal file out and having none!
Why the Google-supplied one crashes, but having no library actually works, is beyond me. Also I found the print to PDF is broken, but Alt+Print Screen works to get an image for printing.
March 16th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Hi,
thansk for your comment.
For the first thing, I corrected the tutorial. What you said is true. There is no need to be root to move a file in our user acouunt.
For libcrypto, I didn’t realise that I didn’t have this file in my system! I found this trick on another web site and it was working. So I thought that I had it.
Thanks
March 17th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Thank you so very much for this info. I was going crazy and even uninstalled Ubuntu. Thought there was something wrorng. Being a “Newbe”, I didn’t know what else to do! This fixed everything!!!
Thanks again
March 25th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Well it worked even the rename but I do not have a short-cut in Internet for some reason it is on my desktop now how to do get into the Internet
But it works that is main thing
Thanks
March 27th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
When I finished installing it, I opened it up and the box continues to flicker on and off and won’t stop.
I’m wondering if there is a solution to this problem, because I would like to use Earth without a constant flickering screen.
Any help here?
Thanks
March 28th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Hello, I tried installing google earth 5 beta on my 64bit laptop. No go. At first it was crashing right away, but then when I deleted the file as you describe above, it does not crash. However, it still does not work – the graphics are bad. I noticed in the installation I got errors with this
wrong ELF class
I have been trying to find how to tell google earth to use 32 bit instead of 64 bit, with no luck. Any suggestions?
Cheers.
March 31st, 2009 at 10:40 am
To Aaron : Sorry, I have no idea
To Jim : I have no idea also. Did you check this problem on google?
March 31st, 2009 at 2:45 pm
I think I figured it out.
If I disable the desktop effects, then it works fine, no flickering(I have to do this to watch movies with Totem too, as it will flicker as well).
If anyone has a solution for how to use Totem or Google Earth 5 without having to keep disabling the desktop effects, please post it!!!
Thanks.
April 3rd, 2009 at 5:20 am
work fine for me thanks
April 19th, 2009 at 2:46 am
Hi, 10x for the tutorial , but how to remove Google Earth 5.0.
I tried with sudo apt-get remove –purge GoogleEarthLinux.bin, but unsuccefully.
Please help=
April 20th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Hi,
you just need to run the uninstall script in the google earth folder like this :
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:15 am
hi all,
I installed the google 5 and right after start up my screen becomes like a broken mosaic. Any body has an idea?
Tnx.
Uri.
August 20th, 2009 at 5:08 am
Thank You! It working well!
September 5th, 2009 at 11:44 am
it still does not work for me, i did everything on the tutorial. but still cannot open google-earth, are there any suggestions?
can it be just an issue of ati graphics card? or else? :/
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:14 am
Thanks a bunch!