Installed Googleearth is not on menu

Archived topics about LMDE 1 and LMDE 2
Locked
Mintdajim

Installed Googleearth is not on menu

Post by Mintdajim »

So I installed Googleearth with Software Manager in Linux Mint Debian. It does not show on the menu. Any ideas why? I am a linux novice.
Last edited by LockBot on Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:16 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Topic automatically closed 6 months after creation. New replies are no longer allowed.
User avatar
tdockery97
Level 14
Level 14
Posts: 5058
Joined: Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:54 am
Location: Mt. Angel, Oregon

Re: Installed Googleearth is not on menu

Post by tdockery97 »

Google Earth is known for being problematic on Linux. First thing to try: Open Terminal and type:

Code: Select all

sudo apt-get -f install
If any dependencies failed to install this should install them.
Mint Cinnamon 20.1
Mintdajim

Re: Installed Googleearth is not on menu

Post by Mintdajim »

I ran sudo apt-get -f install. there is no change, any other ideas?
GeneBenson
Level 4
Level 4
Posts: 357
Joined: Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:55 pm

Re: Installed Googleearth is not on menu

Post by GeneBenson »

Hi Mintdajim,

Give this a try. In your File Manager go to: /usr/share/applications
See if you can find Googleearth in there. If you can't find it by name then perhaps you can recognize the icon. Open the file with your text editor and look for a line: OnlyShowIn=????;
If ???? is, for example GNOME, and you are running MATE then it will not show in the menu. You could edit the file in place, as Root, and remove the line. Even better would be to copy the file to your Home folder to: ~/.local/share/applications and edit it there. That's a hidden folder so make sure you can see them in your File Manager.

Hope this helps. :D
Stickytoffeedog

Re: Installed Googleearth is not on menu

Post by Stickytoffeedog »

http://www.noobslab.com/2014/03/install ... linux.html This seems to have worked for me. I used the last one listed:
>> Alternative method For 64bit (Ubuntu 14.04/13.10)
Locked

Return to “LMDE Archive”