Hello, In the Message; Subject : Re: [opensuse] How to install Google Earth? Message-ID : <87y6xa5isl.wl%nomiya@galaxy.dti.ne.jp> Date & Time: [Me] == Masaru Nomiya has written: Me> Hello, Me> In the Message; Me> Subject : [opensuse] How to install Google Earth? Me> Message-ID : <4971B03A.1060201@gmail.com> Me> Date & Time: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:17:30 +0800 Me> George Olson has written: Me> > And for my last question of the day, Me> > I downloaded the google earth bin file so that I can install google Me> > earth, and it is in this directory: Me> > /home/george/downloads/GoogleEarth/GoogleEarthLinux.bin Me> > Can someone tell me how to install this? I am very new at this. Me> $ cd /home/george/downloads/GoogleEarth/ Me> $ sh ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin Sorry, forgot to write. Please execute as root. Regards, --- 野宮 賢 mail-to: nomiya @ galaxy.dti.ne.jp 「eメールや携帯電話に縛られた社会は、自分自身と向き合ったり、 空想にふけったりする自由を奪う。」 -- M. Crichton -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On January 17, 2009 03:57:58 pm Rajko M. wrote:

On Saturday 17 January 2009 04:30:25 am Masaru Nomiya wrote:

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Please execute as root.

Any particular reason. I can't recall that on any Google Earth installation I had to be a root. It will be installed in home directory where user has sufficient rights.

-- Regards, Rajko

You do not have to install Google Earth as root. I prefer to install locally. Cheers! Roman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On January 17, 2009 07:41:03 pm Randall R Schulz wrote:

On Saturday January 17 2009, Roman wrote:

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On January 17, 2009 03:57:58 pm Rajko M. wrote:

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On Saturday 17 January 2009 04:30:25 am Masaru Nomiya wrote:

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Please execute as root.

Any particular reason. I can't recall that on any Google Earth installation I had to be a root. It will be installed in home directory where user has sufficient rights.

-- Regards, Rajko

You do not have to install Google Earth as root. I prefer to install locally.

True. You (the user running the installer) only need to be able to write to write to the directory in which you're installting.

I found an RPM for Google Desktop, so maybe Google will eventually go that route for all their Linux software.

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Cheers! Roman

Randall Schulz I would like to see it in the Google repo provided by openSUSE.

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On January 17, 2009 08:04:51 pm Randall R Schulz wrote:

On Saturday January 17 2009, Roman wrote:

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On January 17, 2009 07:41:03 pm Randall R Schulz wrote:

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I found an RPM for Google Desktop, so maybe Google will eventually go that route for all their Linux software.

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Roman

Randall Schulz

I would like to see it in the Google repo provided by openSUSE.

If you're talking about the repository I think you are, it's not provided by Novell / openSUSE, but by Google themselves. Note the URLs:

- http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/i386 - http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/x86_64

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Randall Schulz

I'll check it out. Roman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

try zypper ar http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/i386 google zypper pa -r google you will find 2 packages 2009/1/18 Russ Fineman :

On Saturday 17 January 2009 05:10:11 pm Roman wrote:

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On January 17, 2009 08:04:51 pm Randall R Schulz wrote:

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On Saturday January 17 2009, Roman wrote:

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On January 17, 2009 07:41:03 pm Randall R Schulz wrote:

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I found an RPM for Google Desktop, so maybe Google will eventually go that route for all their Linux software.

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Roman

Randall Schulz

I would like to see it in the Google repo provided by openSUSE.

If you're talking about the repository I think you are, it's not provided by Novell / openSUSE, but by Google themselves. Note the URLs:

- http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/i386 - http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/x86_64 Jut tried these url's and get error, Not Found The requested URL /linux/rpm/stable/i386 was not found on this server. is it possible they have moved?

getting regular download OK (sh script)

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I'll check it out.

Roman

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http://www.google.com/linuxrepositories/ There's no google earth till now. Only two packages in the repo (picasa and google-desktop) 2009/1/18 Randall R Schulz :

On Saturday January 17 2009, Roman wrote:

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On January 17, 2009 07:41:03 pm Randall R Schulz wrote:

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I found an RPM for Google Desktop, so maybe Google will eventually go that route for all their Linux software.

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Roman

Randall Schulz

I would like to see it in the Google repo provided by openSUSE.

If you're talking about the repository I think you are, it's not provided by Novell / openSUSE, but by Google themselves. Note the URLs:

- http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/i386 - http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/x86_64

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Roman

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Masaru Nomiya wrote:

Hello,

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Subject : [opensuse] How to install Google Earth? Message-ID : <4971B03A.1060201@gmail.com> Date & Time: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:17:30 +0800

$ cd /home/george/downloads/GoogleEarth/ $ sh ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin

New problem: I ran the install, and it looked like it installed ok, but there was an error on install: Installing mimetypes... Installing desktop menu entries... Installing desktop icon... ./googleearth-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory So I tried to run it from a konsole by typing 'googleearth' and I get the same error: george@linux-8rby:~> googleearth ./googleearth-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory when I try to run through kde, I get a little 'bouncing earth ball' for a cursor for a minute or so, but no Google Earth. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks George -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Randall R Schulz wrote:

On Saturday January 17 2009, George Olson wrote:

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Anyone have any suggestions?

Have you installed a 3D-accelerated driver for your video card?

No I don't think I have installed that. How do I do that?

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Thanks George

Randall Schulz

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Randall R Schulz wrote:

On Saturday January 17 2009, George Olson wrote:

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Randall R Schulz wrote:

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On Saturday January 17 2009, George Olson wrote:

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Anyone have any suggestions?

Have you installed a 3D-accelerated driver for your video card?

No I don't think I have installed that. How do I do that?

Start here:

http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories

And look for nVidia or ATI, depending on which vendor's card you have:

http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories#NVIDIA_drivers http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories#ATI_Video_driver...

I don't know that I have either one. My driver says "mobile intel (R) 965 express chipset". I will try looking for that and see what happens

Randall Schulz

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Randall R Schulz wrote:

On Saturday January 17 2009, George Olson wrote:

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Randall R Schulz wrote:

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On Saturday January 17 2009, George Olson wrote:

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Anyone have any suggestions?

Have you installed a 3D-accelerated driver for your video card?

No I don't think I have installed that. How do I do that?

Start here:

http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories

And look for nVidia or ATI, depending on which vendor's card you have:

http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories#NVIDIA_drivers http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories#ATI_Video_driver...

Ok, I confess I have no idea how to determine what kind of video card I have. It seems that on that link there are only ATI and NVIDIA repositories, and nothing about intel 965 express chipset. I remember someone showed me how to look at my hardware configuration in Linux, but I don't remember what to do. I can do it in Windows, and that is how i got the info that I have an intel 965 express chipset. But I don't know how to look at it in Suse. thanks george Olson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Randall R Schulz wrote:

On Saturday January 17 2009, George Olson wrote:

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Randall R Schulz wrote:

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On Saturday January 17 2009, George Olson wrote:

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Anyone have any suggestions?

Have you installed a 3D-accelerated driver for your video card?

No I don't think I have installed that. How do I do that?

Start here:

http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories

And look for nVidia or ATI, depending on which vendor's card you have:

http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories#NVIDIA_drivers http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories#ATI_Video_driver...

I figured out how to check my hardware in YaST, and it checks out with the 965 card and 3D acceleration is enabled. So I am not sure what else it could be. Any other suggestions? or Is there away to install just that shared object file, libGL.so.1? thanks George Olson PS - what does HTH stand for? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On 01/18/2009 12:57 PM, George Olson wrote:

I figured out how to check my hardware in YaST, and it checks out with the 965 card and 3D acceleration is enabled.

Good

So I am not sure what else it could be. Any other suggestions? or Is there away to install just that shared object file, libGL.so.1?

joe@jmorris:~> locate libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 /usr/lib64/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib64/libGL.so.1.2 joe@jmorris:~> rpm -qf /usr/lib64/libGL.so.1 Mesa-7.2-10.1 joe@jmorris:~> rpm -qf /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 Mesa-32bit-7.2-10.1 So make sure Mesa-32bit is installed. Check with rpm -qa | grep Mesa. I think GoogleEarth is 32 bit, so you would need the /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.

PS - what does HTH stand for?

Hope that helps. -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 11.1 x86_64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 11:57 AM, George Olson wrote:

I figured out how to check my hardware in YaST, and it checks out with the 965 card and 3D acceleration is enabled.

So I am not sure what else it could be. Any other suggestions? or Is there away to install just that shared object file, libGL.so.1?

thanks George Olson

PS - what does HTH stand for?

Greg, Intel just solved the problem in 3D application with intel 965 card, refer to this https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19242. Also I write my report in http://medwinz.blogsome.com/2009/01/17/new-patch-from-xorg-for-intel-g965-x3... So if you sure you use 965 on 11.1, please update Mesa, libdrm and xorg-x11 from openSUSE XOrg repositories (http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XOrg/openSUSE_11.1/). The new patch from Intel already included. Just add the repositories in your yast and update with the new patch. See if it works :-) HTH (Hope That Helps) regards, medwinz -- Rita Rudner - "When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

To add the repositories in my yast, do I download them and then go to yast -> software -> repositories, and then click add, and then point to the file I downloaded? Or is there some other way to do that?

thanks from the newb

You're asking good questions... keep them coming, and you'll be an expert in no time :-) First, you should add all the repositories if you haven't already done so. - Start YAST (Administrator Settings) - Go to Software > Software Repositories - Click Add - Select Community Repositories - Click Next - Select all the repositories you want to use. It's safe to check all. You can skip Main Repository (DEBUG) - Click OK - The repositories will be loaded, and you will be asked several times to import GPG keys and once for a license agreement (if you selected the Education repository)

So if you sure you use 965 on 11.1, please update Mesa, libdrm and xorg-x11 from openSUSE XOrg repositories (http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XOrg/openSUSE_11.1/).

To add this specific repository (assuming you still have the Repository manager still open): - Click Add - Select Specify URL - Click Next - Give it a name that makes sense, eg X11 XOrg openSUSE_11.1 - Copy and paste the URL into the URL field - Click Next You're done... click OK to finish up. Now when you open up Software Management in YAST, or click Install Software in your menu you will see the new/updated files for your XOrg and you can install the latest Mesa, libdrm and xorg-x11 as suggested. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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To add the repositories in my yast, do I download them and then go to yast -> software -> repositories, and then click add, and then point to the file I downloaded? Or is there some other way to do that?

thanks from the newb

You're asking good questions... keep them coming, and you'll be an expert in no time :-)

First, you should add all the repositories if you haven't already done so. - Start YAST (Administrator Settings) - Go to Software > Software Repositories - Click Add - Select Community Repositories - Click Next - Select all the repositories you want to use. It's safe to check all. You can skip Main Repository (DEBUG) - Click OK - The repositories will be loaded, and you will be asked several times to import GPG keys and once for a license agreement (if you selected the Education repository)

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So if you sure you use 965 on 11.1, please update Mesa, libdrm and xorg-x11 from openSUSE XOrg repositories (http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XOrg/openSUSE_11.1/).

To add this specific repository (assuming you still have the Repository manager still open): - Click Add - Select Specify URL - Click Next - Give it a name that makes sense, eg X11 XOrg openSUSE_11.1 - Copy and paste the URL into the URL field - Click Next

You're done... click OK to finish up. Now when you open up Software Management in YAST, or click Install Software in your menu you will see the new/updated files for your XOrg and you can install the latest Mesa, libdrm and xorg-x11 as suggested.

C.

Thanks to all, Clayton, Medwinz, Joe, and everyone else that got me through that. It finally worked! That was quite a learning experience for the newb here. Just in time, too, because tomorrow I head out to the jungle again, and internet for only 1 hour a day. I will be able to use Google Earth for that 1 hour when necessary! Which brought up something interesting that I would appreciate a comment or 2 on from those of you that understand all this. I noticed that even though I downloaded and configured the new software repositories in YaST, when I went to install the software using the software manager in YaST, it still had to go to the internet and download more of something or other. So what I am wondering is, when I am out on my own and not plugged in to the internet, is any of the software I need fully available from my 11.1 DVD (besides stuff like open office that I am already using)? Or will I have to wait till my one hour of reconnect time to do any installations? I don't know yet how much of anything I will need, because we will be very busy with other activities, but that is just a question in general for those of you who may want to explain the process to me in more general terms. Thanks again for everyone's help George -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Monday January 19 2009, Nkoli wrote:

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 9:12 AM, George Olson wrote:

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When you add an internet repository, auto refresh is enabled by default. ...

If you plan on installing stuff from just the dvd, you should disable all the internet repos and leave only the dvd source enabled. That way, you'll only see packages that are available on the dvd when you go into the software manager.

But be aware that if you do give priority to a DVD or CD package repository, you'll often _have_ to have the DVD or CD mounted to successfully complete an install even if the packages come from other sources (the 'Net, e.g.). Dependencies on packages from the original / base system repositories can exist and if they were not installed already, you'll get an error when you confirm and initiate the installation (but it's a recoverable error, assuming you can find and mount the DVD or CD required at that time).

Nkoli

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