Comments on: Install Google Earth on Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex”

By: sabastianburger

sabastianburger — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:47:22 +0000

ok I got it now…. its just messed up visually…

By: sabastianburger

sabastianburger — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:41:43 +0000

I did this,
peter@peter-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg –configure -a
and it ended up saying this,
E: I wasn’t able to locate a file for the googleearth-4.3 package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. (due to missing arch)
E: Internal error: couldn’t generate list of packages to download

By: sabastianburger

sabastianburger — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:28:59 +0000

and now when I try to open synaptic manager I get this message and it closes
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run ‘dpkg –configure -a’ to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

By: Christer Edwards

Christer Edwards — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:27:34 +0000

@sabastianburger – it sounds like some previous packages weren’t completely installed. I’d suggest doing as aptitude suggests and run:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

After that finishes you should be able to install the medibuntu packages properly.

By: sabastianburger

sabastianburger — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:19:46 +0000

I cant seem to get it to work, when I use the command, sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude install medibuntu-keyring && sudo aptitude update I get the message,

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run ‘dpkg –configure -a’ to correct the problem.

By: wlgoode

wlgoode — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:02:30 +0000

I followed your instructions re: Medibuntu, Uninstall, Reinstall GE4.3. No luck, continued immediate crash. I tried it all again, installing GE 4.2 . Again, immediate crash, any ideas?

By: themotorman

themotorman — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:32:58 +0000

Whoever said just select none for special effects under System-appearances .. thank you.
Google earth now works fine.
Phew just was going to install new video drivers etc…

By: Brother Phil

Brother Phil — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:28:34 +0000

aura,
the point of sudo is so that you have root privileges long enough to install and no longer.

Logging in as root lets you do anything, even if it trashes the system – by explicitely enabling root privileges for the individual commands, you are protected from, for example, accidentally deleting important files.

By: Jeroen

Jeroen — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:13:36 +0000

I installed the medibuntu repo using the manual that’s on the medibuntu website. After that I installed GE 4.3 using synaptic.
I have the proprietary drivers for my NVIDIA card installed and working properly. It all works like a charm.
It also works in Hardy heron and Linux Mint (that’s based on Intrepid) on the same machine. In Mint it is in the standard repo.

By: D Wright

D Wright — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:27:55 +0000

Google Earth does not play nice with compositing (I’m using Kubuntu 8.10). Turn off “Atmosphere” in GE itself and Desktop Effects to off or low in Kubuntu/Ubuntu respectively and you should have a useablr GE.