Here the way I follow to install and make work Google Earth on Fedora 11 to 13 x86-64:
First download the linux version of Google Earth at : http://earth.google.fr/
open a terminal and become root:
su -
yum install google*
with an nvidia card you’ll need:
yum install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs*.i586 (search with software install gui if it doesn't work)
and for ati card (thanks to space-hunter):
yum install xorg-x11-drv-catalyst-libs.i586
you’ll need these 32 bit libraries for Google to run quietly
yum install glibc-2.10.1-2.i686 libxml2.i586 freetype.i586 libXrender.i586 libXrandr.i586 mesa-libGL.i586 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i586
Additions from Otto Mäkelä :
yum install libcanberra-gtk2.i586 bug-buddy.i586 PackageKit-gtk-module.i586
Then run :
sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin
it’s all…
Nice one – I was having the same problem and could not figure it out based on the lame error I got. I got everything but the 32bit nvidia-libs – which makes sense as it is a 32bit app. Why the hell doesn’t the error reflect this ?
Congratulations. You have the first and the only correct answer I find in the WEB.
I used autoten for Fedora 11 x86_64 but Googleearth did not work.
So , after I read your instructions I did this :
su …..
yum install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs*.i586
yum install glibc-2.10.1-2.i686 libxml2.i586 freetype.i586 libXrender.i586 libXrandr.i586 mesa-libGL.i586 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i586
After these I use autoten for the installation of googleearth and finally it’s ok.
THANKS A LOT.
Thanks, that did it. In addition, I ran
# yum install libcanberra-gtk2.i586 bug-buddy.i586 PackageKit-gtk-module.i586
to install these libraries (plus quite a lot of dependencies, including things like cracklib and evolution-data-server!), so that Google Earth doesn’t complain about them missing at startup.
nss-mdns.i586 is also required, or GE will fail with « Error 29″ trying to connect to the Google servers.
Needed all of the above, plus nss-mdns.i586 to work on Fedora 11 x86_64. Will post a link on my site. Enjoy!
Thanks, It worked
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on Fedora 11 x86-64
Error:Google Earth has caught signal 11.
I use a ATI Card
solution almost like Nvidia
yum install xorg-x11-drv-catalyst-libs.i586
aaaaa
just the last command didn’t work:
« sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin »
says no such file or directory
what am I doing wrong? am I typing the wrong command?
thanks. also works on Fedora 13 after installing the nvidia drivers
If you are using SELINUX you might have to do this as well, assuming that you installed Google Earth as root:
# sudo /sbin/restorecon ‘/opt/google-earth/*.so’
# sudo /sbin/restorecon ‘/opt/google-earth/*.so.4′
just did a f13 install and I needed the following.
yum install glibc-2.12-3.i686 libSM-1.1.0-7.fc12.i686 libXi-1.3.2-1.fc13.i686 libgcc-4.4.4-10.fc13.i686 libstdc++-4.4.4-10.fc13.i686 zlib-1.2.3-23.fc12.i686 libXrender-0.9.5-1.fc13.i686 mesa-libGL-7.8.1-8.fc13.i686
you may need to change the versions for « * » if there are version updates
This solution no longer works under Fedora 11 x86_64.
It originally ran with no problems. Then an update came along and it broke compatibility.
I’ve been looking for a solution ever since and came across this page but alas this does not work as well.
googleearth-bin: xcb_io.c:445: _XReply: Assertion `!dpy->xcb->reply_data’ failed.
Google Earth has caught signal 6.
Will restart system now (because of the graphics drivers) and test. If I don’t post back, it means it still fails…
Still fails, now with signal 11.
I should point out that I skipped google* (because I only want google earth) and Otto’s additionals due to dependency problems and because I’m fairly certain that won’t help.
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