On Monday, November 29, 2010, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
F14 fully updated. I tried installing the latest Google Earth
64-bit tarball (version 6.0.0.1735) and got this:
$ sudo sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux
6.0.0.1735....................................................
.......... ./setup.sh: setup.data/bin/Linux/amd64/setup.gtk2:
/lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or
directory
I've seen this "bad Elf interpreter" message in other contexts,
but can simply never remember what it means (something about
32-bit binary on a 64-bit system I think). Any pointers
welcome.
poc
Depending on the video card/drivers you're using, you'll need the
32 bit xorg version
And there's this:
the secret is as follows if my notes to myself are correct
To avoid "setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Document is
empty"
error
./GoogleEarthLinux.bin --target /tmp/ge
cd /tmp/ge/setup.data/bin/Linux/x86/
mv setup.gtk setup.gtk2
cd /tmp/ge; ./setup.sh This worked OK F14
The Url I obtained the info from
http://www.google.co.uk/support/forum/p/earth/thread?tid=6f59e15bf811d4e2...
Both of these suggestions are gleaned from a simple search on
"googleearth" on this list which is how I got it going on my 64-
bit F14 boxes - and yes, it's GoogleEarth not "google earth" -
just saying...
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Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA