Google Earth

Google Earth is a virtual globe program. It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS 3D globe.

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Prerequisites

Screenshot of Google Earth

System Memory (RAM): 512MB (256MB will do if swap space is available)
Hard Disk: 2GB free space
Network Speed: 768 Kbits/sec
Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 32MB of VRAM
Screen: 800x600, 24 bit color

Installation

Go to Google Earth web page
Click on download link,
Select the .rpm file corresponding to your system (in case you are not sure, open a terminal and look at the output of 'uname -r': if you see x86_64, you run a 64 bits OS. If you see i386/i586/i686, you are running a 32 bits OS.)
Save file and install the .rpm file with your favorite installer!

Problem solving

Problem with libssl

Version 5.0: Try to start google earth via terminal (type: googleearth), if you get the following error, follow the steps behind.

./googleearth-bin: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8: undefined symbol: EVP_camellia_128_cbc

1. Log in as root.

2. localize libcrypto.so.0.9.8:

whereis libcrypto.so.0.9.8

3. Move original library as backup:

mv /opt/google-earth/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 /opt/google-earth/libcrypt.so.0.9.8.old

4. Set link to the system-library. (Attention! Maybe you have to change the path)

ln -s /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 /opt/google-earth/libcrypto.so.0.9.8

If you get this error:

googleearth-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

You are running 64 bit linux but Google Earth is a 32 bit executable and needs the 32 bit versions of the libraries.

Log in as root.

# zypper install Mesa-32bit

Comprehension:
You replace the libcrypto.so.0.9.8 from Google Earth through a symbolic link to the native libcrypto.so.0.9.8.

Panoramio photos not appearing when clicked

Possible problem with nvidia drivers

Version 5.1 and 6: If google-earth rendering is garbled and/or extremely slow, this may very well be triggered by desktop compositing in conjunction with an nvidia card and driver. Disable compositing (under System settings -> Desktop -> Desktop Effects -> General) and try again.

Google Earth locks/freezes the display

Google Earth does not Start with ATI FGLRX

Version 6.1.0.5001: Under OpenSuse 12.1

If you get this Error:

googleearth-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

You need to symbolically link ATI's fglrx-libGL.so.1.2 to libGL.so.1

# ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/fglrx/fglrx-libGL.so.1.2 /opt/google/earth/free/libGL.so.1

Please check your paths and filenames to match your system and versions.

The issue is discussed in more detail here: forums.opensuse.org

Version 7: Under OpenSuse 12.1 x64

I got folowing error by executing: .googleearth/crashlogs/crashlog-50d60b60.txt Major Version 7 Minor Version 0 Build Number 0002 Build Date Dec 13 2012 Build Time 17:54:43 OS Type 3 OS Major Version 3 OS Minor Version 1 OS Build Version 10 OS Patch Version 16 Crash Signal 11 Crash Time 1356204896 Up Time 0.006256

Stacktrace from glibc: ./libgoogleearth_free.so(+0x1e9fab)[0xf7612fab] ./libgoogleearth_free.so(+0x1ea1f3)[0xf76131f3] [0xffffe400]

I reported bug to Google earth.

External Links

Google Earth Homepage