-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: > Joe Smith wrote: >> "Wesley J. Landaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>> Package: wnpp >>> Severity: wishlist >>> Owner: "Wesley J. Landaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> * Package name : googleearth-package >>> Upstream Author : Wesley J. Landaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> * URL : (native package) >>> * License : GPL >>> Description : utility for automatically building a Google Earth >>> Debian package >>> >>> Google Earth is a great program now available for GNU/Linux, >>> but sadly is both non-free and non-distributable. For those >>> who wish to run it on >>> their Debian system, but wish it to be managed by the normal >>> Debian packaging system, this program will assist in >>> building a local Debian package in a similar fashion to >>> java-package. This package *itself* contains absolutely no >>> code from Google and is 100% free. (For the curious, this is >>> appropriately destined for contrib.) [snip] >> > What's more, google earth can be installed without root > privileges and installs into a users home directory, thus the > systems administrator doesn't even need to install it, the user > can When I tried to install it as root (using "su -" from an xterm window), it complained about not being able to find DISPLAY. Unlike Sun Java & Macromedia Flash, it uses a GUI installer. Since many (most?) desktop users install apps from within su or sudo'ed xterm windows, how will you work around that? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFElhQES9HxQb37XmcRArnhAJ97z8ewrNgL1NCwlTUPRNsoBlLhMgCguEMY /X96cCnAl3spFulff41Kllc= =d49o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]