2006 06 13

Google Earth on AMD64 Linux

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Google Earth 4.0 has just been released for Linux. If you don’t already know, Google Earth is a fantastic desktop application which allows you to view the whole world using very high-resolution satellite images.

Google Earth works very well in my AMD64 Kubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake Linux even though it is a 32-bits applications which relies on a bunch of 32-bits libraries.

The 32-bits compatibility packages that I’ve installed fortunately provide whatever is needed for Google Earth to work properly. For your information, here are the packages I’ve installed:

ia32-libs
ia32-libs-gtk
ia32-libs-openoffice.org
lib32gcc1
lib32stdc++6
lib32z1

Google Earth is fantastic! Try it (don’t forget to read the docs) and you won’t be disappointed.

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written by avinash

10 Responses to “Google Earth on AMD64 Linux”

  1. Javed Mandary says:
    June 14th, 2006 at 07:58

    Google earth is also brilliant on windows :) , its just too bad we can’t zoom in to street level viewing for Mauritius though .

  2. Khalil A. says:
    June 14th, 2006 at 11:04

    I love Google Earth as well…

  3. Khalil A. says:
    June 14th, 2006 at 11:58

    Oh my god! Have you seen how much you can now close-in on Mauritius? That’s so excting.

  4. avinash says:
    June 14th, 2006 at 20:24

    Yep.

    Yesterday, I spent 1h browsing Quatre-Bornes… Of course, I found my house but I was so happy to recognise lots and lots of other buildings.

    Google Earth is really one of the best apps I’ve ever seen ;-)

  5. Amit says:
    June 15th, 2006 at 13:01

    Too bad that I live in Curepipe and can’t peek beyond the clouds.
    Try my luck some other time :D

  6. k7 says:
    June 23rd, 2006 at 14:37

    Haven’t download it . Will do it though. Tell me is there a big different with Nasa whirl Wind ?

  7. avinash says:
    June 24th, 2006 at 09:33

    I’ve never used Nasa Whirl Wind which is a Windows only app. Google Earth, on the other hand, is multiplatform i.e. it works in my Linux box ;-)

  8. k7 says:
    June 24th, 2006 at 18:04

    héhé ;-) . I wont flame about windows Vs Linux ! Yet try it to see . By the way it’s open souce. Have a convinced you!

  9. leocordero says:
    July 21st, 2006 at 07:50

    I get problems with Google Earth

    We apologize for the inconvenience, but Google Earth has crashed.
    This is a bug in the program, and should never happen under normal
    circumstances. A bug report and debugging data are now being written
    to this text file:

    /home/leonardo/.googleearth/crashlogs/crashlog-13E8A385.txt

    This bug report will be sent to Google automatically next time you run
    Google Earth. Its data, which contains no personal information, will help
    us correct problems without bothering you further. If you would rather
    this info not be transmitted, please delete the above file before running
    the program again. If you want bug reports to NEVER be sent, remove the
    above ‘crashlogs’ directory’s read/write permissions.

    which is the problem? :s

  10. avinash says:
    July 21st, 2006 at 10:54

    Hi Leocordero,

    Google Earth requires a good 3D graphics adapter (Nvidia, ATI, etc). Make sure that your 3D drivers are properly installed. If it still doesn’t work, then have a look in crashlog-13E8A385.txt. In it, you’ll find the exact cause of the crash…

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