On Sat, 3 Oct 2015 00:21:44 -0500 rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > On Wed, September 30, 2015 1:08 am, Heracles wrote: > > I just installed Google-Earth using "synaptic" in Debian8 and it worked > > fine. It had to install a few other bits and pieces but as it did all the > > work I was fine with it. Google-earth works without errors. Heracles > > Heracles, > > Would you be so kind as to outline the procedure for using synaptic to > install the .deb package which I downloaded from the Google Earth web > site? > > I use synaptic all the time, but always with packages which are in the > Debian repositories. I searched and saw that some people are installing > using "dpkg -i"; but does that take care of dependencies? > > I plan to run GE on a i386 laptop, so the package which I downloaded is > the 32-bit: > > google-earth-stable_current_i386.deb
Use gdebi. That will handle dependencies. Petter -- "I'm ionized" "Are you sure?" "I'm positive."