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pst007x
Asked: 2012-05-04 11:19:15 +0800 CST

Google-Earth will not launch

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After installing Ubuntu 12.04LTS 64bit I am unable to launch Google Earth.

When I try to launch in terminal I get the following:

pst007x@pst007x-Serval-Professional:~$ cd /opt/google/earth/free
pst007x@pst007x-Serval-Professional:/opt/google/earth/free$ ./googleearth.bin
bash: ./googleearth.bin: No such file or directory
pst007x@pst007x-Serval-Professional:/opt/google/earth/free$

If I use Nautilus and navigate to "/opt/google/earth/free" "googleearth.bin" is there.

ADDITIONAL:

Tried creating a new profile and deleting my old profile, purging my system of Googleearth, used Janiter to remove all other references too, re-installed from fresh download, but same issue..

So how is it possible that a successful installation, with all the dependencies installed, and the googleearth.bin file there, confirmed, but will not launch, with the error "bash: ./googleearth.bin: No such file or directory"

64-bit google-earth install-from-source

4 Answers

  1. This is the method I used to install Google Earth on my 64bit Laptop and it worked perfectly

    Firstly, I made sure I had all my media codecs installed then followed these instructions:

    If you are running a 64-bit version of Ubuntu 12.04 then you will also need:

    sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

    To install Google Earth copy and paste the following command in the Terminal Window.

    sudo apt-get install lsb-core

    Google Earth 6.2 Latest Upgraded Version:

    Download Google Earth 6.2 from here

    Select either: 32 bit .deb (For Debian/Ubuntu) or 64 bit .deb (For Debian/Ubuntu)

    depending on your PC architecture and install in Software Center.

    That's It

    I dont see any mention in your question or subsequent answer about ia32-libs. Have you installed this. You need this for 64bit also.

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  2. Best Answer

    Fixed...

    I am using Ubuntu 64bit version and I was trying to logically install Google-Earth 64bit version... but there must be a bug in the installer..

    So after a complete purge I installed the 32bit version and it worked!

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  3. I had got very similar problem on Ubuntu 12.10 64bit. I successfully installed google-earth-stable_current_amd64.deb. But google-earth didn’t start. Just showed splash screen. I tried terminal with error: Google Earth has caught signal 11 Main problem is your graphic card drivers only. Also you must install ia32-libs,lsb-core packages. But this did not solve the problem with signal 11 crash.

    I then installed AMD ATI drivers and this solved my problem.

    My card: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV770 [Radeon HD 4850]

    Type the following in terminal for Radeon HD 2xxx, 3xxx a 4xxx :

    • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:makson96/fglrx
    • sudo apt-get update
    • sudo apt-get upgrade
    • sudo apt-get install fglrx-legacy
    • sudo reboot
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  4. install this first:

    sudo apt-get install lsb-core msttcorefonts

    then download the G.E. .deb file from google

    then open the file in ubuntu sofware center and install..

    it works fine on me.

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