Google Earth 6 how to install?

[solar]

Hi, I`am new in Salix (and Slackware based distros), btw after 5 hours of using I think it`s great. Could you please tell me the way to install Googleearth 6 to Salix(32 bit)? I find how-to about installing it on Slackware, but there are not *.bin files on Google`s page anymore, only .deb and .rpm Thanks.

[laplume]

Hello,
A small utiliy called rpm2tgz may help to you to install to convert rpm package into an installable package for Salix/Slackware.
rpm2tgz is available via Gslapt; install it and then download the rpm (generally on /home/Downloads.
When it's completed open a Terminal and navigate to the folder where the download is located; become root then type
rpm2tgz yourpackagename

That should run ok. Your tgz package should be ready to be installed with the usual installpkg command

Hope this helps,

[gapan]

It's also available through slapt-src.

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slapt-src -i GoogleEarth

[solar]

Thanks, I`ve installed it finally

1. Get binary dl.google.com/earth/client/current/GoogleEarthLinux.bin
2. chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin
3. ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin
4. # ln -sf /lib/ld-linux.so.2 /lib/ld-lsb.so.3