Google Earth is a great program to see a place from satellite. It’s designed for Windows before but it’s also available for Linux.
You can download the program from www.google.com. It’s in linux installer format, so you don’t have to compile it again.
Step 1. Installation Process
After you downloaded the program, go to its directory and run the installer.
taufanlubis@toshiba:~/MyData/Packages$ ls -lh GoogleEarthLinux.bin
-rwxrwxrwx 1 taufanlubis taufanlubis 22M 2007-10-20 15:06 GoogleEarthLinux.bin
taufanlubis@toshiba:~/MyData/Packages$
taufanlubis@toshiba:~/MyData/Packages$ sudo ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin
[sudo] password for taufanlubis:
Verifying archive integrity… All good.
Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux 4.2.198.2451……………………………………………………..
Then, click ‘Begin Install’ button.
Installing mimetypes…
Installing desktop menu entries…
Installing desktop icon…
You will get the screen above after the installation process is done.
You can run it from Applications > Internet > Google Earth.
Type your destination at ‘Fly to’ text box. For example, I stay in Bogor, Indonesia. So, I just type ‘bogor, indonesia’ in ‘Fly to text box’. But, make sure that you connected to the internet otherwise the google earth will not work.
Instructions for installing Google Earth on PCLinuxOS:
1. Open Synaptic
2. Select googleearth
3. Click Apply
Your newly installed Google Earth will automatically be added to your menu.
Isn’t Google earth in a repository somewhere where Ubuntu has access to it?
Yeah. Actually Chapman said is right. Here the best way for Ubuntu.
1. Add Google repo to sources.list :
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free
2. Import key (or via console like this):
wget http://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub -O-| sudo apt-key add –
3. Update software channel and find GoogleEarth on synaptic
Goodluck
lho, artikel ini kan udah ada di Panduan Ubuntu 6.10 om? Apa bedanya? Sory klo saya ga baca sampe tuntas, soale pusing baca artikel yg pake eglish
yes… you can install it using Synaptic Package Manager.
Search ‘Google Earth’ then you will get ‘googleearth-package’. It’s a utility to automatically build a Debian Package of Google Earth.
Plus, ‘marble’. It’s generic geographical map widget
But, I prefer to take it directly from Google website because you will get the latest version it.
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