Howto – Linux – install Google Earth

Google Earth seems to throw up error messages lately:
setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Document is empty

^
setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found

^
Couldn't load 'setup.data/setup.xml'

So here is the cure:

1. Download and extract Google Earth to a temporary dIrectory:
wget http://dl.google.com/earth/client/current/GoogleEarthLinux.bin && chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin && ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin --target /tmp/ge

2. Change to the temp directory and change setupgtk to setupgtk2:
cd /tmp/ge/setup.data/bin/Linux/x86/
sudo mv setup.gtk setup.gtk2
cd /tmp/ge

3. Run the installer:
./setup.sh

Now the Google Gui installer will open.

Happy Globe-trotting ;-)

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