hello,

I've just downloaded google earth for linux (I have ubuntu). By default, all the source files went to $home. I'd like to remove them from there.
Where do you think it is best to put these files into (I'm not really familiar with the linux directories), and how can I put them there (and still be able to use the software of course).
I also have a shortcut in application -> internet, maybe this will need to be changed too.

Thanks for your help.

try and install it to where you want.

GoogleEarthLinux.bin --help
I put mine in /home/glenn/programs/..

But you might use /opt, or /usr/local.

Cheers Glenn

What does "sh" mean, and what exactly should I type in ?

sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin --target /opt ?

`sh` is a reference to your system's shell, which is probably Bash. On many modern Linux machines, /bin/sh is a symlink which points to /bin/bash.

In the example command given above, Glenn basically said, "Hey /bin/sh, execute this "GoogleEarthLinux.bin --help" command for me.

I see, thanks for the answer.
So basically, what do I need to type in ?
My GoogleEarthLinux.bin is located in $home/downloads, so i wrote cd ./Downloads ans then sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin --target /opt
The answer was :
Creating directory /opt
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux 5.1.3533.1731....................................................................................... ...................................Extraction failed.
....Terminated

Depending on whether you have write-permissions to create anything in /opt, you may not be able to extract the archive to that location as a regular user. Just a guess though, since the extraction didn't tell us what the exact problem was.

Try again, but direct the extraction to a folder inside your /home/<username? directory and see if that works. If it DOES, but you still want to extract the thing into /opt somewhere, you'll need to become root, using `su` or `sudo`.

NOTE: I don't use GoogleEarth myself,. so if this advice doesn't fix the extraction issue, you may need to wait until someone who had actually gone through this, such as Glenn above, can give better guidance.

PS - FWIW, you should probably extract to a SUBFOLDER in /opt, rather to /opt itself.


Sasha

Ok, I used sudo before, and it worked.
Now I'd like to update the link in application->internet, because it's still pointing to $home, and thus it cannot work. How do I do that ?

Hi, right click the desktop link, and select properties.

This should give you access to the absolute path to the application.

Just change the address to point to where the app is.

I'm sorry I didn't understand your answer. I'm not talking about the link that is on the desktop, I'm talking about the link that you can find when you click on applications on the top left corner (with ubuntu) and then internet.
If I click on it, it says error failed to execute child process "/home/elishac/googlearth/googleearth" (no such file or directory)
How do I change the path of that link ? (a right click doesn't give properties)

Where is the directory that contains the links that are displayed in "applications" ?
Maybe this will help to solve my problem...

Doesn't anyone know how to make this link work again ?

Hi, sorry, I've been away from the terminal.

I don't use gnome and I don't know the answer.

Regards Glenn

It's ok, I'll make a new thread then, maybe someone will be able to help me. Thanks for your help so far.