I just installed Google Earth after searching the forums and found a link to Google's web site. I downloaded it as a .bin file.
I took the advice I read in the thread and ran chmod +x to the file first. Then I did ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin. The file was located on my desktop.
It comes back with this error when I launch it from terminal.
[jason@localhost ~]$ googleearth
Google Earth has caught signal 11.
Stacktrace from glibc:
./googleearth-bin(__gxx_personality_v0+0x1e8) [0x8057fb4]
./googleearth-bin [0x8058399]
[0xffffe500]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(XQueryExtension+0x17) [0x3a9bf7]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(XInitExtension+0x3b) [0x39ea2b]
/usr/lib/libXext.so.6(XextAddDisplay+0x53) [0x8c20f3]
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1 [0xf61d658d]
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1 [0xf61d705f]
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1 [0xf61d81af]
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1 [0xf61d44b5]
./libIGGfx.so(_ZN3Gap3Gfx18igOglVisualContext15setSw apIntervalEi+0x100) [0xf683e1a0]
./libIGGfx.so(_ZN3Gap3Gfx18igOglVisualContext4openEv +0x5ec) [0xf687976c]
/opt/google-earth/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll13VisualContext11openCont extEN3Gap3Gfx25igRenderDestinationFormatERKNS0_8In itInfoE+0xb1) [0xf357d2db]
/opt/google-earth/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll13VisualContext4initERKNS 0_8InitInfoE+0x1a6) [0xf358001c]
/opt/google-earth/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll17RenderContextImpl4initE RKNS0_8InitInfoE+0x74) [0xf353f4d6]
./librender.so(_ZN12RenderWidget6setApiEPN5earth4evl l3APIE+0x44) [0xf632d818]
./librender.so(_ZN5earth6render12RenderWindow12creat eWidgetEv+0x7a) [0xf631a124]
./libgoogleearth.so(_ZN5earth6client12ModuleWidget9s howEventEP10QShowEvent+0x51) [0xf774d3d9]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget5eventEP6QEvent+0x277) [0xf6e4c017]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN12QApplication14internalNotifyEP7QObjec tP6QEvent+0xa1) [0xf6d9e9a1]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN12QApplication6notifyEP7QObjectP6QEvent +0xc9) [0xf6d9f489]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget4showEv+0x266) [0xf6e4af76]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget12showChildrenEb+0x11b) [0xf6e4accb]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget4showEv+0x207) [0xf6e4af17]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget12showChildrenEb+0x11b) [0xf6e4accb]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget4showEv+0x207) [0xf6e4af17]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget12showChildrenEb+0x11b) [0xf6e4accb]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget4showEv+0x207) [0xf6e4af17]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget12showChildrenEb+0x11b) [0xf6e4accb]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget4showEv+0x207) [0xf6e4af17]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget12showChildrenEb+0x11b) [0xf6e4accb]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget4showEv+0x207) [0xf6e4af17]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget12showChildrenEb+0x11b) [0xf6e4accb]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget4showEv+0x207) [0xf6e4af17]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget12showChildrenEb+0x11b) [0xf6e4accb]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget4showEv+0x207) [0xf6e4af17]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN11QMainWindow4showEv+0x93) [0xf6f1f2b3]
./libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget10showNormalEv+0x33) [0xf6e445e3]
./libgoogleearth.so(_ZN10MainWindow18readScreensizeI nfoEv+0x592) [0xf771c8ce]
./libgoogleearth.so(_ZN5earth6client11Application12s etupMainWinERK7QString+0x1f5) [0xf773a56d]
./libgoogleearth.so(_ZN5earth6client11Application3ru nEv+0x1f0) [0xf773d7c2]
./googleearth-bin(main+0x11f) [0x8058817]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0) [0x17d390]
./googleearth-bin(__gxx_personality_v0+0x75) [0x8057e41]
We apologize for the inconvenience, but Google Earth has crashed.
This is a bug in the program, and should never happen under normal
circumstances. A bug report and debugging data are now being written
to this text file:
/home/jason/.googleearth/crashlogs/crashlog-C3873534.txt
This bug report will be sent to Google automatically next time you run
Google Earth. Its data, which contains no personal information, will help
us correct problems without bothering you further. If you would rather
this info not be transmitted, please delete the above file before running
the program again. If you want bug reports to NEVER be sent, remove the
above 'crashlogs' directory's read/write permissions.
[jason@localhost ~]$
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