[opensuse] Tip: Google Earth under oS 11.2
Hi all. This may be common knowledge but I had to search the Google site for answers so it may help someone else. After installing Google Earth v5 on 11.2 (and probably earlier versions as well) it may well fail to run, complaining that it cant find libstdc++.so.6. The problem is that the versions installed by Google Earth conflict with the standard system libraries. This doesn't just affect openSuSE - the same problems have been reported on other distros as well. The solution is to rename libcrypto.so.0.9.8, libstdc++.so.6 and libgcc_s.so.1 in the Google Earth installation directory (/opt/google-earth if installed as root or /home/<user>/google-earth if installed as a user). I simply added .orig to the end of the filenames. Hopefully this helps someone else. -- =================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker@iinet.net.au =================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 28 April 2010 01:29:26 am Rodney Baker wrote:
Hi all.
This may be common knowledge but I had to search the Google site for answers so it may help someone else.
After installing Google Earth v5 on 11.2 (and probably earlier versions as well) it may well fail to run, complaining that it cant find libstdc++.so.6.
The problem is that the versions installed by Google Earth conflict with the standard system libraries. This doesn't just affect openSuSE - the same problems have been reported on other distros as well.
The solution is to rename libcrypto.so.0.9.8, libstdc++.so.6 and libgcc_s.so.1 in the Google Earth installation directory (/opt/google-earth if installed as root or /home/<user>/google-earth if installed as a user). I simply added .orig to the end of the filenames.
Hopefully this helps someone else.
This seems like OLD info, because none of those files are in any current installation of Google Earth. How old is your GE? -- A computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate cake without mustard. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:51:42 John Andersen wrote:
On Wednesday 28 April 2010 01:29:26 am Rodney Baker wrote:
Hi all.
This may be common knowledge but I had to search the Google site for answers so it may help someone else.
After installing Google Earth v5 on 11.2 (and probably earlier versions as well) it may well fail to run, complaining that it cant find libstdc++.so.6.
The problem is that the versions installed by Google Earth conflict with the standard system libraries. This doesn't just affect openSuSE - the same problems have been reported on other distros as well.
The solution is to rename libcrypto.so.0.9.8, libstdc++.so.6 and libgcc_s.so.1 in the Google Earth installation directory (/opt/google-earth if installed as root or /home/<user>/google-earth if installed as a user). I simply added .orig to the end of the filenames.
Hopefully this helps someone else.
This seems like OLD info, because none of those files are in any current installation of Google Earth. How old is your GE?
Version 5.1, just downloaded yesterday. If those files are not supposed to be in the install archive, maybe there were still some old files from a previous version hanging around in /opt/google-earth. Still, from what I read on google's site I'm not the only one who got caught by it. -- =================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker@iinet.net.au =================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 29 Apr 2010 03:21:42 John Andersen wrote:
On Wednesday 28 April 2010 01:29:26 am Rodney Baker wrote:
Hi all.
This may be common knowledge but I had to search the Google site for answers so it may help someone else.
After installing Google Earth v5 on 11.2 (and probably earlier versions as well) it may well fail to run, complaining that it cant find libstdc++.so.6.
The problem is that the versions installed by Google Earth conflict with the standard system libraries. This doesn't just affect openSuSE - the same problems have been reported on other distros as well.
The solution is to rename libcrypto.so.0.9.8, libstdc++.so.6 and libgcc_s.so.1 in the Google Earth installation directory (/opt/google-earth if installed as root or /home/<user>/google-earth if installed as a user). I simply added .orig to the end of the filenames.
Hopefully this helps someone else.
This seems like OLD info, because none of those files are in any current installation of Google Earth. How old is your GE?
I had to do the same thing a few days ago. I even wiped the old version first and i still had to rename the files. If anyone knows how to change the crappy font on the google-earth menus on opensuse 11.2 - KDE4.4.2 etc, i would love to hear about it. There is no config option to change this font, only the 3D fonts. yetch thanks Ian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
* Rodney Baker (rodney.baker@iinet.net.au) [20100428 10:29]:
The solution is to rename libcrypto.so.0.9.8, libstdc++.so.6 and libgcc_s.so.1 in the Google Earth installation directory (/opt/google-earth if installed as root or /home/<user>/google-earth if installed as a user). I simply added .orig to the end of the filenames.
Seems to be common Google nonsense to simply install private (and possibly modified) versions of system libraries. This is worsened by the fact that google often uses modified libraries instead of getting the fixes included upstreams. Philipp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2010-04-30 17:30, Philipp Thomas wrote:
* Rodney Baker (rodney.baker@iinet.net.au) [20100428 10:29]:
The solution is to rename libcrypto.so.0.9.8, libstdc++.so.6 and libgcc_s.so.1 in the Google Earth installation directory (/opt/google-earth if installed as root or /home/<user>/google-earth if installed as a user). I simply added .orig to the end of the filenames.
Seems to be common Google nonsense to simply install private (and possibly modified) versions of system libraries. This is worsened by the fact that google often uses modified libraries instead of getting the fixes included upstreams.
Typical closed source thinking, I believe. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" GM (Elessar)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkvbD+AACgkQU92UU+smfQXFfQCePBikciekAhqHz+PqTv6H7nyu P+IAn0mHg0QeRVhoB8x3gRsoWa9Sl9Wi =VtaI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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