On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 12:37 PM Tomas K <tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was kind of curious what is Google Earth. So .... > > I tried GEarth on bunch of Ubuntu installs both 16.04 and 18.04 > I experienced no problems with GoogleEarth after doing following: > 1. Download: > wget -Nc https://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth- > pro-stable_current_amd64.deb > <https://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb> > You might need to visit https://www.google.com/earth/versions/ in > browser > 2. Install: > sudo dpkg -i google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb > (the installation added repository to > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list) > So, it should be updating itself normally when running apt upgrade > 3. Start it: > google-earth-pro & > It works as expected - according to Google's web screenshots. > > My Ubuntu installations are mostly default without any of odd bits and > pieces of customization often discussed here. > > In terms of your issues I'd try to: > * remove it and reinstall by: > sudo apt remove google-earth-pro-stable > sudo apt update > sudo install google-earth-pro-stable > > If that does not help - are you using X or Wayland? I believe that I am > using X on both 16.04 as well as 18.04. > > I cannot offer much help with GUI type problems as I am not a GUI kind > of guy. It just work for me in the default shape and form and I do not > feel the need to fight little changes and annoyances with > trivial workarounds - I do not mind adjusting self as things change. > > Hope it helps, Tomas > > > > > > Okay, screen shot is at http://nwgrr.org/SS-GE.png > > > > You can see my desktop is shown in the primary screen, the toolbar > > thing is > > on the left, and the actual map is a small box in the upper left > > corner. I > > can manipulate the small map, zoom, scroll, etc. but I can't really > > do anything useful as it is so small. > I tried your suggestion. Didn't work well. $ sudo install google-earth-pro-stable install: missing destination file operand after 'google-earth-pro-stable' Try 'install --help' for more information. My biggest problem with Linux is it works so well. I rarely do things and when I try, I forget how it should be done. Michael _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug