I downloaded Google Earth from the internet (Debian/Ubuntu 64-bit version) but
failed to get gdebi package manager to install it. I also used the
synaptic package manager and downloaded the version there in the repository but
without luck there either.
In both cases, when gdebi started installation, the following message is given on
the gdebi window:
"Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: ia32-libs"
I then used the terminal "sudo apt-get install ia32-libs" but this failed to fetch and install
ia32-libs.
Any help, much appreciated.
Regards
Mike
Hi Mike,
Early this year(Feb/March) when I started with Linux, I wanted to try Google Earth just for fun.
I encountered various dependency issues etc
I eventually found and followed the instructions below, and it worked.
I have not tried it since, I do not know if this impacts anything else on LL
Maybe you can test on another PC.?
Dave
Open a Terminal [ctrl-alt-t]
Then 1 by 1 enter the following 4 commands:
1.
Code:
sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxext6:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libglu1-mesa:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libsm6:i386
2.
Code:
cd /tmp && wget http://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth-stable_current_i386.deb
3.
Code:
sudo dpkg -i google-earth-stable_current_i386.deb
4.
Code:
sudo apt-get install -f
Quote:1.
Code: sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxext6:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libglu1-mesa:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libsm6:i3862.
Code: cd /tmp && wget http://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/cur..._i386.deb3.
Code: sudo dpkg -i google-earth-stable_current_i386.deb4.
Code: sudo apt-get install -f
The above, recommended by Wirezfree, for downloading and installing Google Earth worked a treat. The only problem is that some parts of the street level pictures lack quality, owing to some of the pixels being very patchy (i.e. not filled with parts of the picture) - see SCREENSHOT below. This doesn't happen when viewing Google Earth on Win 7 dual-boot on the same laptop with either LL2 or LL2.2.
Regards
Mike
Hi Mike
I'm not a Google Earth user but I thought I'd at least make an attempt at a solution for this issue.
So it seems that the issue is in the rendering? Googling "google earth rendering" resulted in many hits, here's one that looked promising.
https://support.google.com/earth/answer/148070?hl=en
Scott
Many thanks for your reply Scott - I'll take a look at this later and will post whether this worked on not.
Regards
Mike