Hello, I finnally found a way to install Google Earth in Ubuntu Maverick Alpha (also good for Ubuntu Lucid Lynx or for any version with that bug).
For installing Google Earth in Ubuntu, I do not recommend downloading from site. You must not do: download .bin from http://earth.google.com/ nor .deb from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu sudo apt-get install googleearth-package cd /usr/bin/ ls -l make-googleearth-package sudo chmod a+rwx make-googleearth-package cd ~/Downloads sudo chmod a+rwx GoogleEarthLinux.bin sudo sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin You must instead do - this installing method would be successfull: sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list ->(I have Maverick alpha so Medibuntu is not yet available, so I grab it from last Ubuntu code name)-> sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/lucid.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring sudo apt-get -q update Than I go to Synaptic Package Manager and install the following: apport-hooks-medibuntu (version 1medibuntu1) will be installed googleearth (version 5.1.3533.1731-0medibuntu1) will be installed googleearth-data (version 5.1.3509.4636-0medibuntu1) will be installed If it isn't it is because you deleted the non-free repository in medibuntu. To get it back, add " non-free " word next to " free ": sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list ## Please report any bug on https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/ deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid free non-free #Medibuntu - Ubuntu 10.04 "lucid lynx" #deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid free non-free #Medibuntu (source) - Ubuntu 10.04 "lucid lynx" Google Earth appears in Applications > Internet You can also do: sudo googleearth This bug must be related with copyrights problems. The .bin and .deb shouldn't be available for public download if they can't be installed because they are non-free. Public download of Google Earth works only for Windows. I propose it isn't a bug but a security inside the program itself. ** Changed in: googleearth-package (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- googleearth : Fatal error in __driConfigOptions line 1, column 0: unknown encoding https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/595887 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
