Install Google Earth 4.3 beta in Linux Using a Single Command [Linux Gyan]

Well, Google didn't forget the Linux community this time. Google broke the old tradition of releasing software for Windows first, when a Linux version of Google Earth 4.3 (beta) was released together with the Windows and Mac versions. And as Amit puts it together, Google Earth 4.3 is a complete 'Wow!'

How to install Google Earth 4.3 beta in Linux?

Enter this command into a terminal and hit enter

wget http://dl.google.com/earth/client/current/GoogleEarthLinux.bin && chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin && ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin

This downloads the Google Earth installer and starts the graphical installer. At those on a slow connection, the installer is about 19 MB in size.

Watch this eye popping video of new features in this release of Google earth and head over to gearthblog.com for a complete overview of the new features.

Direct Download Links for Google Earth 4.3

Linux version: http://earth.google.com/tour/thanks-linux4.html
Windows version: http://earth.google.com/tour/thanks-win4.html
Mac version: http://earth.google.com/tour/thanks-mac4.html

3 Responses to Install Google Earth 4.3 beta in Linux Using a Single Command [Linux Gyan]

Dip T May 2, 2008 12:39 AM

I love Google Earth but it does not work in Ubuntu. I have installed, uninstalled various versions including this but every time I try and open Google Earth it crashes the computer. This happens on two completely separate computers. I have looked in other blogs and this seems to be a very common problem. Lucky for me that it works fine on my Windows computer but it would be nice if Google were to sort this out and release a stable version as none of the Linux versions seem to work.

Anoop Engineer May 2, 2008 11:09 AM

@dip
Please post your issue along with your hardware configuration at the following forums. You are definitely going to get help.
Google Earth linux group -http://groups.google.com/group/earth-linux/topics

Ubuntu Forums - http://ubuntuforums.org/

Linux questions forum - http://www.linuxquestions.org/

Jeff June 11, 2008 5:50 AM

A funny thing happened on the way to installing Google Earth using Terminal in Ubuntu 8.04. Within the terminal window, a EULA showed up in color with an OK on the bottom that I could find no way of clicking using any key combination or magical number of Enters. I've had this experience with EULA agreements while trying to install other programs within terminal windows. What's the newbie way to get past these?