[Lancaster] Have I broke my machine?

red Rik_Boland at Btinternet.com
Tue Mar 17 20:57:11 UTC 2009


ok dont that Andy

Yeah I cant see the package in the repotiry list so where I get it from?

andy baxter wrote:
> red wrote:
>   
>> Andy you done it again your ace!
>>
>> When I close it how can I get the package back up?
>>
>>     
> Not sure what you mean. Have you managed to run Google Earth and want to 
> know how to run it again?
> What was the last thing you did to get the program running?
>
> Opening a terminal and typing 'goog' then pressing tab might come up 
> with the full program name of the google earth program if you're lucky. 
> If so, just press enter to run the program.
>
> andy
>
> P.S. when you reply to people's help emails on a list like this, use 
> 'reply all' so that your reply goes back to the whole list. That way if 
> the person you're talking to can't help, someone else might be able to.
>   
>> Shalom
>>
>> andy baxter wrote:
>>     
>>> red wrote:
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> Hi all
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to install google earth but it not working!
>>>>
>>>> Could not display 
>>>> "/home/red/Desktop/googleearth-linux-plus-4.3.7284.3916.bin".
>>>> There is no application installed for this file type
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> The way I would do it is:
>>>
>>> - open a terminal
>>> - type 'cd Desktop' and press enter
>>> - type 'ls' . When you press enter a list of files should come up, 
>>> including the google earth file.
>>> - type 'chmod u+x googleearth-linux-plus-4.3.7284.3916.bin' (You 
>>> don't need to type the whole filename - just type the first few 
>>> characters then press tab and it should complete it for you). This 
>>> will make the file executable so you can run it as a program.
>>> - then type './google<tab>' (i.e. press tab to complete the filename)
>>> - this should start the installer - follow instructions from there.
>>>
>>> andy
>>>
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