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[edit] Prerequisites
- System Memory (RAM): 512MB (256MB will do if swap space available)
- Hard Disk: 2GB free space
- Network Speed: 768 Kbits/sec
- Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 32MB of VRAM
- Screen: 800x600, 24 bit color
[edit] 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!
[edit] Installation Hints
If you are using Google Earth 5.0 on openSUSE 11.1, you might experience font rendering problems. If fonts look particularly ugly, e.g. they are monospaced instead of proportionally spaced, you might try the following.
It seems that the Qt libraries shipping with Google Earth are not compatible with the rest of openSUSE. Try moving all libQt*.so files from /opt/google-earth to some backup directory. Also you might have to move libpng12.so from that directory, or else you might get the following message:
On openSuSE 11.2, before installing the most recent version of Google Earth (5.1 as of this writing), make sure you completely remove your previous installation, by deleting directory /opt/google-earth altogether. Then install version 5.1 as per the instructions above, and "hide" the following libQt* files to get nicely rendered fonts:
[edit] Problem solving
[edit] 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.
- 1. Log in as root.
- 2. localize libcrypto.so.0.9.8:
- 3. Move original library as backup:
- 4. Set link to the system-library. (Attention! Maybe you have to change the path)
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.
Comprehension:
You replace the libcrypto.so.0.9.8 from Google Earth trough a symbloic link to the native libcrypto.so.0.9.8.
[edit] Panoramio photos not appearing when clicked
- Version 5.1: Under OpenSuSE 11.2, there appears to be a problem with the qt.conf supplied with google-earth. Go into the installation directory and move it out of the way by renaming it appropriately. For example:
[edit] 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.
[edit] Google Earth locks/freezes the display
This is a bug since openSUSE 11.1 and is linked to the Intel driver. The problem is discussed and partly solved here: http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=31363
[edit] 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
Please check your paths and filenames to match your system and versions.
The issue is discussed in more detail here: [forums.opensuse.org]