Re: [PLUG] Problem with Google Earth Install

[Michael Barnes]

On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 12:37 PM Tomas K 
wrote:

> I was kind of curious what is Google Earth. So 
>
> I tried GEarth on bunch of Ubuntu installs both 16.04 and 18.04
> I experienced no problems with GoogleEarth after doing following:
> 1. Download:
>wget -Nc https://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth-
> pro-stable_current_amd64.deb
> 
>You might need to visit https://www.google.com/earth/versions/ in
> browser
> 2. Install:
>sudo dpkg -i google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb
>(the installation added repository to
> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list)
>So, it should be updating itself normally when running apt upgrade
> 3. Start it:
>google-earth-pro &
> It works as expected - according to Google's web screenshots.
>
> My Ubuntu installations are mostly default without any of odd bits and
> pieces of customization often discussed here.
>
> In terms of your issues I'd try to:
> * remove it and reinstall by:
>   sudo apt remove google-earth-pro-stable
>   sudo apt update
>   sudo install google-earth-pro-stable
>
> If that does not help - are you using X or Wayland? I believe that I am
>  using X on both 16.04 as well as 18.04.
>
> I cannot offer much help with GUI type problems as I am not a GUI kind
> of guy. It just work for me in the default shape and form and I do not
> feel the need to fight little changes and annoyanceswith
> trivial workarounds - I do not mind adjusting self as things change.
>
> Hope it helps, Tomas
>
>
> >
> > Okay, screen shot is at http://nwgrr.org/SS-GE.png
> >
> > You can see my desktop is shown in the primary screen, the toolbar
> > thing is
> > on the left, and the actual map is a small box in the upper left
> > corner. I
> > can manipulate the small map, zoom, scroll, etc. but I can't really
> > do anything useful as it is so small.
>

I tried your suggestion. Didn't work well.

$ sudo install google-earth-pro-stable
install: missing destination file operand after 'google-earth-pro-stable'
Try 'install --help' for more information.

My biggest problem with Linux is it works so well. I rarely do things and
when I try, I forget how it should be done.

Michael
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Re: [PLUG] Problem with Google Earth Install

[Tomas K]

I was kind of curious what is Google Earth. So 

I tried GEarth on bunch of Ubuntu installs both 16.04 and 18.04
I experienced no problems with GoogleEarth after doing following:
1. Download:
   wget -Nc https://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth-
pro-stable_current_amd64.deb
   You might need to visit https://www.google.com/earth/versions/ in
browser
2. Install:
   sudo dpkg -i google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb
   (the installation added repository to
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list)
   So, it should be updating itself normally when running apt upgrade
3. Start it:
   google-earth-pro &
It works as expected - according to Google's web screenshots.

My Ubuntu installations are mostly default without any of odd bits and
pieces of customization often discussed here.

In terms of your issues I'd try to:
* remove it and reinstall by:
  sudo apt remove google-earth-pro-stable
  sudo apt update
  sudo install google-earth-pro-stable

If that does not help - are you using X or Wayland? I believe that I am
 using X on both 16.04 as well as 18.04.

I cannot offer much help with GUI type problems as I am not a GUI kind
of guy. It just work for me in the default shape and form and I do not
feel the need to fight little changes and annoyanceswith
trivial workarounds - I do not mind adjusting self as things change.

Hope it helps, Tomas

On Fri, 2018-12-07 at 07:37 -0800, Michael Barnes wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 6:24 AM Rich Shepard  >
> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Michael Barnes wrote:
> > 
> > > I think that may have been the problem with my previous posts. I
> > > tried to
> > > include a screenshot and I don't think this list allows pictures.
> > > Not
> > 
> > sure
> > > where to post the screenshot.
> 
> 
> Okay, screen shot is at http://nwgrr.org/SS-GE.png
> 
> You can see my desktop is shown in the primary screen, the toolbar
> thing is
> on the left, and the actual map is a small box in the upper left
> corner. I
> can manipulate the small map, zoom, scroll, etc. but I can't really
> do
> anything useful as it is so small.
> 
> Thanks for any ideas.
> Michael
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