How to install Google Earth on Ubuntu 17.04

To install Google Earth on Ubuntu

Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program. It maps the earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and geographic information system (GIS) onto a 3D globe. This article covers the installation of Google Earth on Ubuntu.

To install Google Earth

Before you begin with the installation of Google Earth, make sure you install Google Keying with the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# wget -q -O - https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
OK

Once it is done, add the repository for Google Earth as follows.

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# sh -c ' echo " deb http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main"  > >  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth.list' 

Update the newly added local repository index with the help of the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# apt-get update
Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable InRelease
Get:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release [2,136 B]         
Get:3 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release.gpg [916 B]      
&hellip 
&hellip 
Get:25 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [24.9 kB]
Get:26 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [14.7 kB]
Fetched 489 kB in 5s (85.5 kB/s)                                     
Reading package lists... Done

All is set for the installation of Google Earth. Use the following command for the same purpose.

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# apt-get install google-earth-stable
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
&hellip 
&hellip 
Setting up lsb-core (9.20160110ubuntu5) ...
Setting up google-earth-stable (7.1.8.3036-r0) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2) ...

Google Earth has been installed. Run the following command to open it.

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# google-earth

You can use Google earth to view satellite images of any specific place in the world.

Don' t you agree that it was a very simple installation? Google Earth is a very useful tool as it lets you view Earth from all angles since it has a combination of satellite photos, aerial images and Street View. Its powerful search engine, a large amount of available information and images , and its intuitive interface makes it the best tool to discover the planet we live on, and also the sky, the Moon and even Mars.