Objective
The objective is to install Google Earth on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux desktop
Operating System and Software Versions
- Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
- Software: – Google Earth 7.3 or higher
Requirements
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.
Conventions
- # – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of
sudocommand - $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user
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Instructions
Install Prerequisites
We will be using gdebi to install the Google Earth package on our system. gdebi ensures that there are no hassles during the installation as it will also automatically fetch all package prerequisites. In case gdebi is not installed yet on your system you can install it by:
$ sudo apt install gdebi-core wget
Download Google Earth Package
Next step is to download Google Earth installation package. You can achieve that by by using the wget command:
$ wget https://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb
After execution of the above command you should find Google Earth’s installation package within your home directory:
$ ls google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb
Install Google Earth
Lastly, use the gdebi command to install Google Earth on Ubuntu 18.04. When prompted answer y:
$ sudo gdebi google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading state information... Done Explore, search and discover the planet Google Earth lets you fly anywhere to see satellite imagery, 3D buildings, 3D trees, terrain, Street View, planets and much more. Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
Start Google Earth
To start Google Earth application you can either run:
$ google-earth-pro
from your terminal or search your start menu:
