Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 13:46:51 -0500
From: Fred Smith <fredex(a)fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>
To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
Subject: Re: [OT] Unable to install Google Earth
On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 10:04:51AM -0700, JD wrote:
> Downloaded the 64 bit rpm for fedora from url
> [
1]https://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html
> and ran (as root)
> # yum -y install ./google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
> 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!!
this is due to brokenness in the way google created the RPM. It
tries to create a system directory that is already there.
while I don't remember what the workaround is, there is a (group
of??) very long threads on the google earth forums about problems
running GE on Linux, including some on how to deal with the various
problems on Fedora (and, FYI, I've found the same fixes also work
fine on Centos-7).
I wish I could point you to the right place, but with some
diligence you should be able to find it.
good luck!
Fred
If I remember correctly, the problem is that the way GE is packaged
it conflicts with the filesystem package on fedora/RH (and perhaps
other) systems.
About a year ago I used the instructions at:
<
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?p=1650497&postcount=27>
to successfully rebuild the GE rpm for an install on Centos-7. They
may (still) work on/for a Fedora install.