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Google Earth for Linux has finally arrived. The detailed instructions are found next.
macewan@cole:~$ wget http://dl.google.com/earth/GE4/GoogleEarthLinux.bin
–21:09:09– http://dl.google.com/earth/GE4/GoogleEarthLinux.bin
=> `GoogleEarthLinux.bin’
Resolving dl.google.com… 64.233.179.93, 64.233.179.91
Connecting to dl.google.com|64.233.179.93|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 17,077,661 (16M) [application/octet-stream]
100%[===================================>] 17,077,661 287.31K/s ETA 00:00
21:10:07 (285.54 KB/s) - `GoogleEarthLinux.bin’ saved [17077661/17077661]
macewan@cole:~$ chmod +x G*.bin
macewan@cole:~$ ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin
Verifying archive integrity… All good.
Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux 4.0.1563…………………………………………………………
Installing mimetypes…
Running /usr/bin/update-mime-database /home/macewan/.local/share/mime
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* Updating MIME database in /home/macewan/.local/share/mime…
Wrote 3 strings at 20 - 88
Wrote aliases at 88 - 8c
Wrote parents at 8c - 90
Wrote literal globs at 90 - 94
Wrote suffix globs at 94 - 11c
Wrote full globs at 11c - 120
Wrote magic at 120 - 12c
Wrote namespace list at 12c - 130
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Installing desktop menu entries…
Hats off to Ryan Gordon of icculus.org for this wonderful port of Google Earth for Linux.
First screen shot I noticed was from aptget @ digg & then xfceslacker a moment later brought it to my attention.
