How to install Google Earth on Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa Linux

The objective of this tutorial is to install Google Earth on Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa Linux.

In this tutorial you will learn:

Google Earth on Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa Linux

Software Requirements and Conventions Used

Software Requirements and Linux Command Line Conventions
Category	Requirements, Conventions or Software Version Used
System	Installed Ubuntu 20.04 or upgraded Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa
Software	N/A
Other	Privileged access to your Linux system as root or via the `sudo` command.
Conventions	# – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of `sudo` command $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

First step is to download the Google Earth installation package:

$ wget -O ~/google-earth.deb https://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb

Next step is to install the Google Earth package downloaded in the previous step.
```
$ sudo dpkg -i ~/google-earth.deb
```
Start the Google Earth application from the Activities menu:

Start Google Earth application on Ubuntu 20.04

Alternatively, you can start the Google Earth application simply by executing the below command:
```
$ google-earth-pro
```