How to Install Google Earth in Ubuntu

How to Install Google Earth in Ubuntu 16.04

Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information application. It is collaberated with the satellite imagery, geographic information system (GIS), and aerial photography to set a 3D globe. Installation of Google Earth in Ubuntu 16.04 is explained in this article.

To install Google Earth

Download the google earth installation package from its official site,
https://www.google.com/earth/download/
Accept the license agreement. Select the type of download package and  click Agree and download.

Open the downloaded directory and install google earth.

root@user1:/home/user1# cd Downloads/
root@user1:/home/user1/Downloads# ll
total 45308
drwxr-xr-x  2 user1 user1     4096 Jul 30 04:57 ./
drwxr-xr-x 16 user1 user1     4096 Jul 30 04:20 ../
-rw-rw-r--  1 user1 user1 46385468 Jul 30 04:57 google-earth-stable\_current\_amd64.deb
root@user1:/home/user1/Downloads# dpkg -i google-earth-stable\_current\_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package google-earth-stable.
(Reading database ... 208788 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack google-earth-stable\_current\_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking google-earth-stable (7.1.4.1529-r0) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of google-earth-stable:
 google-earth-stable depends on lsb-core (>= 3.2); however:
  Package lsb-core is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package google-earth-stable (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 google-earth-stable

During installation if dependency error occurs, run the following command to solve it.

root@user1:/home/user1/Downloads# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
…
….
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

Now repeat the installation again.

root@user1:/home/user1/Downloads# dpkg -i google-earth-stable\_current\_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 210322 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack google-earth-stable\_current\_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking google-earth-stable (7.1.4.1529-r0) over (7.1.4.1529-r0) ...
Setting up google-earth-stable (7.1.4.1529-r0) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...

To open google earth application run the following command.

root@user1:/home/user1/Downloads# google-earth

3D buiding view

Roads

Weather

Sightseeing tour

Rotation option

Zoom in and Zoom out