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| Synopsis: This document describes how to install Google Earth Pro in Mageia 8. |
Download
Mageia does not include Google Earth Pro in the official repositories, so you have to download it manually.
As of now, Google Earth does not offer a 32-bit version anymore.
Visit Google and select the appropriate .rpm (Fedora/openSUSE) option for your system.
If you agree with Google's Terms of Service, save the package.
Install
Go to the location you saved google-earth-pro-stable-current.x86_64.rpm. Right click the file and select program installer, or use urpmi from command line. If you try to launch Google Earth now, you might get a segmentation fault. To correct this, as root:
cd /opt/google/earth/pro/ ln -s libssl.so.1.0.0 libssl.so.1.1 ln -s libcrypto.so.1.0.0 libcrypto.so.1.1
Now you can access the program via Menu > Internet > Google Earth
Updates
To recieve updates via Software Center you have to add the Google repositories manually. As root:
urpmi.addmedia --update google-earth https://dl.google.com/linux/earth/rpm/stable/x86_64/ rpm --import https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
As google has not specified the key in the repository, the file /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg must be manually edited, to specify the key id to use for verifying packages. For example
google-earth https://dl.google.com/linux/earth/rpm/stable/x86_64 {
key-ids: 7fac5991
update
}
Open Source Alternatives
Marble is a virtual globe and world atlas, available in the official repositories. Search for package marble.
Troubleshooting
If the program doesn't start, try starting it from the terminal by typing
google-earth-pro
The output might give you (or us) a clue about what is wrong.
Keep in mind that Google Earth Pro is a proprietary program, and Mageia developers are not able to modify or fix it in any way.
Links
Mageia forums - Google Earth can't run
