Downloading it now. (http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html)
:-)
Whey Hey!
:D
Completely native too, not a bit of WINE. 8)
I like wine (http://www.antarctic-one.com/images/smilies/alcoholic.gif)
papola
Installed it as root, running as me? no permissions
cant install as a user either, even in my home directory for some reason, got permissions issues on some folders in there (weird stuff)
I could CHMOD a file somewhere - it created a symlink which I dont have permission to.
trying an uninstall now, and then reinstall without symlink... but ..i dunno whatever. lame installer by google, Ill give them 2 out of 10 for effort there
the program itself runs 100% fine as root, but i do not want to be like a windows user, and run as an admin all the damn time.
:edit:
symlink removed (its /usr/local/bin/googleearth) - I could CHMOD it I suppose, but Ill create a custom launcher on my desktop with a big ass earth picture as its icon instead straight to the file itself ! :lol:
:edit again:
still no joy, this totally sucks ass :(
I did a:
sudo chmod 777 -R /usr/local/google-earth
which sets read, write, execute permissions to EVERYONE on that folder, and everything in it (-R = recursive) and i STILL cant run it as myself
wtf is up with that?!?! :?:
I just did a recursive permission change on the folder in /usr/local.
Quote from: maximusotterI just did a recursive permission change on the folder in /usr/local.
hmmm that might be the way to do it then! suppose theres not an awful lot in there :lol:
you came across this issue too? not just me, being a total spoon then :lol:
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what did you change the permissions to?
this is @Ã,£$"ing pissing me off now :x
Ive even run a:
sudo nautilus --no-desktop and set the permissions (basically given read/write/execute on all the boxes, and set the owner to myself) and still no worky, getting:
matt@ubuntu:~$ /usr/local/google-earth/googleearth
symlink: Permission denied
I have no idea where this sodding symlink is, its obviously somewhere else perhaps... I dunno :x
:o
win
It did that on me as well, then after I restarted the puter it worked. :D So windowsy
....RE STARTED?!!
ugh.. thats a joke :p
I refuse to try that, as I know it doesnt need it.. :mrgreen:
ill stop/start GDM instead, see if that works.. hmmmph
ta for the help so far
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workage.. 8)
chmod the bin file BEFORE installation, dont chmod the stuff it creates.. I guess its all inherited somehow. jobs a goodn.. maybe I was being a spoon after all :P