Downloaded the 64 bit rpm for fedora from url
https://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html
and ran (as root)
# yum -y install ./google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
...
...

Dependencies Resolved

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 Package                             Arch                   Version                       Repository                                           Size
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Installing:
 google-earth-stable                 x86_64                 7.1.7.2606-0                  /google-earth-stable_current_x86_64                 189 M

Transaction Summary
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Install  1 Package

Total size: 189 M
Installed size: 189 M
Downloading packages:
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction (shutdown inhibited)
  Installing : google-earth-stable-7.1.7.2606-0.x86_64                                                                                          1/1
Error unpacking rpm package google-earth-stable-7.1.7.2606-0.x86_64
error: unpacking of archive failed: cpio: mkdir
  Verifying  : google-earth-stable-7.1.7.2606-0.x86_64                                                                                          1/1

Failed:
  google-earth-stable.x86_64 0:7.1.7.2606-0                                                                                                        

Complete!


Has anyone installed it without running into this error?

Thanx!!