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Old 11-27-2009, 01:44 PM   #1
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Google Earth bin file


I have managed to download the file GoogleEarthLinux.bin to my desktop in Linux Mint. However I get the message when clicking on it

Could not display "/home/myname/Desktop/GoogleEarthLinux.bin. The file is of an unknown type".

Can anyone help with a suggestion to install it please? Thanks
 
Old 11-27-2009, 01:45 PM   #2
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open a terminal, and type

Code:
cd /home/myname/Desktop/
chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin
./GoogleEarthLinux.bin
 
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Old 11-27-2009, 01:47 PM   #3
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I think Linux Mint has GoogleEarth on the repositories. Try to install from there.
 
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Old 11-27-2009, 06:57 PM   #4
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Thanks repo and ammorais. The first method worked so I didn't get to checkout the second.

Last edited by bugster; 11-27-2009 at 06:58 PM.
 
Old 11-28-2009, 03:03 AM   #5
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Thanks repo and ammorais. The first method worked so I didn't get to checkout the second.
Great, you can mark the thread solved for further references using the thread tools
 
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Old 11-28-2009, 06:51 AM   #6
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Thanks repo - just marked it solved
 
  


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