Google Earth for all users

[Yorkie]

I want to download Google Earth and make it available for all users.

How can I do this using the GUI if possible?

Ubuntu 9.10, Pentium 4 1.6GHz, 370MB memory, GNOME 2.28.1

Regards, Yorkie.

[bigtomrodney]

The best thing to do is avoid home directory installs or even install wizards. There is an Ubuntu repository that you can use which will allow you to just use Synaptic/apt to install any of the Google applications.

Google Linux Software Repositories

Also I think that perhaps the medibuntu repositories supply a version of Google Earth if the Google repository isn't working for you.

[dale456654]

Clik System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager.

look for "GoogleEarth-Package" right click and choose mark for installation. Then click apply.

[Ollydbg]

True medibuntu repository supplies it.

[LewisDre4m]

PLEASE NOTE, for some very very very strange reason the Google Earth download will not work if you are using Google Chrome. Download it using firefox or something else. I follow the instructions on this site as they are perfect.

Which basically tells you this . . .

download the Linux installer in the google earth page.
Open a terminal and change to the directory where the installer downloaded to. If it’s on your desktop you can use this command:

cd ~/Desktop
Change the permissions on the installer so you can run it:

chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin
Run the installer as the root user:

sudo ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin

The installer dialog will open. The default install paths work fine. Click Begin Install.
Once the installation is finished you can click Start to launch Google Earth.