Google Earth in Linux Mint

[ganeshgurukkal]

Dear Friends

I have linux mint 18 on my laptop

I have installed google earth and tried as lot but still having difficulty in viewing maps.

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Can anyone help me....

Regards

[keithrboz]

Your question piqued my interest in an old friend.

Not an answer really, but I found a package in synaptic called googleearth-package

The comments include reference to GE not working well {you may not be alone:

utility to automatically build a Debian package of Google Earth

Google Earth is a 3D planet viewer that lets you interactively navigate
satellite imagery, maps, terrain, and so forth.

Google Earth is available for GNU/Linux from their web site, but is
non-free software and is undistributable. It also does not integrate
well into a Debian system.

This utility makes it possible to build your own personal Debian
package of Google Earth. The packaging itself is Free Software, but
the Google Earth program is governed by the copyright holder (Google),
so you may be limited as to what you can do with the resulting
package (i.e. no redistribution, etc). This package will simply help
you create the package, it is your responsibility to use the resulting
package responsibly.

[farm82]

I have the same problem I have loaded google earth and all I get is a blank space where the globe should be.

Google Earth Pro
7.3.0.3832 (64-bit)
Build Date
8/18/2017
Build Time
4:51:36 pm
Renderer
OpenGL
Operating System
Linux (4.10.0.0)
Video Driver
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Max Texture Size
16384x16384
available video memory
information not available
Server
kh.google.com

After lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 5904 (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 5916 (rev 02)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Gaussian Mixture Model
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 21)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem (rev 21)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI (rev 21)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 21)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d10 (rev f1)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d13 (rev f1)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port (rev f1)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d18 (rev f1)
00:1d.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d1a (rev f1)
00:1d.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d1b (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d58 (rev 21)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC (rev 21)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 9d71 (rev 21)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus (rev 21)
00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (4) I219-V (rev 21)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 24fd (rev 78)
04:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Intel Corporation Device f1a5 (rev 03)
07:00.0 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Device 8621 (rev 01)

Any chance of a fix I have been trying all the forums but no luck

[farm82]

Hi Keith how do I fiund this package I am not good at bash and need some guidance

[phd21]

Hi ganeshgurukkal, and others,

Take a look at these posts... I have Google Earth (Stable version) installed and working well in both my Linux Mint 18.2 and 17.3 systems.

Google Earth problem (SOLVED) - Linux Mint Forums
viewtopic.php?f=47&t=244040&hilit=Google+Earth

Google Earth rendering earth globe 1inx1in - Linux Mint Forums
viewtopic.php?f=90&t=251204&hilit=Google+Earth


Hope this helps ...