How to install Google Earth on Linux Mint 17 64bit properly

[Brahim Salem]

As most of us have noticed Google Earth has been increasingly unstable on the lates Linux Mint/ Ubuntu releases, mainly 64bit versions. The most common issue is the application closing unexpectedly shot time after we launch it. Below is the best solution to avoid any hussle.

1- Add 32bit architecture:

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sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 && sudo apt-get update

2- Install 32bit libraries:

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sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

3- install googleearth-package:

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sudo apt-get install googleearth-package

4- Install google-earth-stable:i386 and not google-earth-stable:

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 sudo apt-get install google-earth-stable:i386

Enjoy the blue planel

[kc1di]

Thanks for the how to, You can also install it from the software manager. works well for me.

[foole]

I always had this instability with Google Earth. I am using Mint 17 64 bit Cinnamon. GE would always disappear immediately after opening. Same in Mint 16 and 15.

Thanks to the above instructions, GE works well.

Why can't this work right in 64bit? Why the need to revert to the 32bit version?

[kc1di]

I always had this instability with Google Earth. I am using Mint 17 64 bit Cinnamon. GE would always disappear immediately after opening. Same in Mint 16 and 15.

Thanks to the above instructions, GE works well.

Why can't this work right in 64bit? Why the need to revert to the 32bit version?

The problem is that GE is a 32 bit program and their is a problem with the ia32libs and other 32bit files it needs.

[foole]

I always had this instability with Google Earth. I am using Mint 17 64 bit Cinnamon. GE would always disappear immediately after opening. Same in Mint 16 and 15.

Thanks to the above instructions, GE works well.

Why can't this work right in 64bit? Why the need to revert to the 32bit version?

The problem is that GE is a 32 bit program and their is a problem with the ia32libs and other 32bit files it needs.

Did not know that. Thanks for the info.

[zumarra]

Hi!

Yes, the program works fine but Panoramio don't works...

I have uninstalled this version 7 and I have installed the 6 from here: http://google-earth.en.malavida.com/linux/download
and now the images look good.

[Darcy]

I wonder if people are reading the requirements when they download GE. It says on the right side of the DL screen that you need Linux - LSB 4

[foole]

Hi!

Yes, the program works fine but Panoramio don't works...

I have uninstalled this version 7 and I have installed the 6 from here: http://google-earth.en.malavida.com/linux/download
and now the images look good.

How can I uninstall the version 7 Google Earth and install version 6?

[DeMus]

When you install Google Earth in the way it is described here it works. I have been busy with it a whole day, tried every possible way I could find but this is the only way you get it to work with nice fonts and with Panoramio pictures visible:

https://bkjaya.wordpress.com/2014/04/27 ... -ubuntu-2/

Start at the top to install GE, and then use Mr. Amirpli's tips to set it up so you get everything working.
It means to install the 64 bit version and NOT as is described above the 32 bits version.

[alchemist251]

DeMus is still right on April 12, 2015. Amirpli's fix for a number of 64-bit Linux versions of Google Earth is here:

https://productforums.google.com/forum/ ... %5B1-25%5D

There are currently 7 pages in that thread.

Google has just come out with version 7.1.4.1529. The 64-bit .deb has finally had the 32-bit dependency removed but will still crash until you apply :

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2F__nk ... sp=sharing

Here is the README that explains this:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2F__nk ... sp=sharing

[DeMus]

DeMus is still right on April 12, 2015. Amirpli's fix for a number of 64-bit Linux versions of Google Earth is here:

https://productforums.google.com/forum/ ... %5B1-25%5D

There are currently 7 pages in that thread.

Google has just come out with version 7.1.4.1529. The 64-bit .deb has finally had the 32-bit dependency removed but will still crash until you apply :

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2F__nk ... sp=sharing

Here is the README that explains this:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2F__nk ... sp=sharing

I downloaded the new Google Earth and installed it, then I looked for a readme file on the site you mentioned but saw nothing at all. I did download the tar.gz file and copied the files in it manually to the google earth folder in /opt. The programs runs, the text looks great, but I see no Panoramio pictures.
Did I do something wrong?

[alchemist251]

DeMus is still right on April 12, 2015. Amirpli's fix for a number of 64-bit Linux versions of Google Earth is here:

https://productforums.google.com/forum/ ... %5B1-25%5D

There are currently 7 pages in that thread.

Google has just come out with version 7.1.4.1529. The 64-bit .deb has finally had the 32-bit dependency removed but will still crash until you apply :

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2F__nk ... sp=sharing

Here is the README that explains this:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2F__nk ... sp=sharing

I downloaded the new Google Earth and installed it, then I looked for a readme file on the site you mentioned but saw nothing at all. I did download the tar.gz file and copied the files in it manually to the google earth folder in /opt. The programs runs, the text looks great, but I see no Panoramio pictures.
Did I do something wrong?

You have to download the README and open it. Here is a more recent post that works well with the new version 7.1.4.1529.

https://productforums.google.com/forum/ ... ce=starred