How to install Google Earth on Ubuntu 16.04

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THIS HAS BEEN EDITED FOR THE CURRENT FILES AT https://pkgs.org/ FOR UBUNTU 16.04 PACKAGES WHICH SHOULD NOW INSTALL ANYWAY UNLESS YOU HAVE A PROBLEM AND NEED THE FILES BELOW!. :smiley:

*See Footnote at the bottom also!:

Hi all,

if you have just upgraded to Ubuntu (Mate) 16.04 and cannot install Google Earth, just follow the next few steps and you will be up and running. :smiley:

When you download the GE package: https://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html

you will be told by Gdebi that certain dependencies aren't installed and the install will fail, go here: https://pkgs.org/

and search for the following 3 packages and install them:

all.deb package works for both 32 and 64 bit!:

lsb-invalid-mta (all.deb): https://pkgs.org/ubuntu-16.04/ubuntu-updates-universe-i386/lsb-invalid-mta_9.20160110ubuntu0.2_all.deb.html

lsb-security (64 Bit): https://pkgs.org/ubuntu-16.04/ubuntu-updates-universe-amd64/lsb-security_9.20160110ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb.html

32 bit: https://pkgs.org/ubuntu-16.04/ubuntu-updates-universe-i386/lsb-security_9.20160110ubuntu0.2_i386.deb.html

lsb-core (64 Bit): https://pkgs.org/ubuntu-16.04/ubuntu-updates-universe-amd64/lsb-core_9.20160110ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb.html

32 bit: https://pkgs.org/ubuntu-16.04/ubuntu-updates-universe-i386/lsb-core_9.20160110ubuntu0.2_i386.deb.html

then install Google Earth once those 3 packages have been installed. :smiley:

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If you get stuck at the very beginning, try using the following terminal command (Ctrl + Alt + t) and then install the following package directly from the Ubuntu repo:

sudo apt-get install lsb-core

Now try installing GE again, it should work!. :smiley:

*Footnote:

Google Earth is available directly via "Welcome" now!:

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Thank you so much! this helped me a lot.

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That did not help. But this did (64bit):

sudo apt-get install libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev

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None of the https://pkgs.org/ links exist.

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libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev has a bunch of missing dependencies.

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Hi Bob,

try using the terminal (Ctrl + Alt + t) and then install the following package:

sudo apt-get install lsb-core

Now try installing GE again, it should work?. :smiley:

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Hi. Thanks for the suggestion. I finally got that thing installed. It was a
case of too little information. I figured out what I had to do and
everything is good.

Bob

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Hi @Bob_Lanctot,

I have edited the files to reflect the Ubuntu 16.04 packages and it will work for Ubuntu 16.04 now, the older links were for Ubuntu 15.10 and that is why they didn’t have them on the site any more!.

Thanks for the heads up btw!. :smiley: