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			<title>Google Earth</title>
			<link>https://www.slackwiki.com/index.php?title=Google_Earth&amp;diff=815</link>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;Tonyguards: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Tips]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You can download Google Earth from http://earth.google.com/&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You have to set the .bin file that you download to be executatable, and then run it, to install.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
chmod a+x GoogleEarthLinux.bin&lt;br /&gt;
./GoogleEarthLinux.bin&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
By default it installs itself in /opt/google-earth/ .  It offers to make a link from /usr/local/bin/googleearth to the right executable, I recommend allowing it to do this.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Once it is done, to run it you just type &amp;quot;googleearth&amp;quot; in an xterm (X must be running).  You can make the appropriate desktop icon or menu item depending on what window manager you are using.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If the splash screen shows up for some amount of time, and then all of X (the entire graphical environment) crashes (if you have graphical login set up, it will give you a login screen again, otherwise you will go back to the console), some people have found this to be solved by downloading the libGL.so library.  It should be put in the /opt/google-earth/ directory:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
(as root)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
cd /opt/google-earth/&lt;br /&gt;
wget http://librarian.launchpad.net/7037027/libGL.so.1 -O libGL.so.1&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Some places on the web also refer to downloading it from http://www.ground-impact.com/libGL.so.1.2 .  Here are links to a few discussions of the issue:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/google-earth-crashes-x-598569/?s=3ff14bc2cdec277267c5547b7dee84d9&lt;br /&gt;
http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=71691&amp;amp;highlight=googleearth&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Performance Issue with Google Earth:'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
if google earth is slow in slackware Linux, check whether DRI is enabled or not, if Direct Rendering is enabled then&lt;br /&gt;
disable &amp;quot;Atmosphere&amp;quot; effect from View menu -&amp;gt; [x] Atmosphere for smoother functioning of the graphics in Google Earth window.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:02:19 GMT</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Tonyguards</dc:creator>
			<comments>https://www.slackwiki.com/Talk:Google_Earth</comments>
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			<title>Google Earth</title>
			<link>https://www.slackwiki.com/index.php?title=Google_Earth&amp;diff=814</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.slackwiki.com/index.php?title=Google_Earth&amp;diff=814</guid>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Tonyguards: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Tips]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You can download Google Earth from http://earth.google.com/&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You have to set the .bin file that you download to be executatable, and then run it, to install.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
chmod a+x GoogleEarthLinux.bin&lt;br /&gt;
./GoogleEarthLinux.bin&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
By default it installs itself in /opt/google-earth/ .  It offers to make a link from /usr/local/bin/googleearth to the right executable, I recommend allowing it to do this.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Once it is done, to run it you just type &amp;quot;googleearth&amp;quot; in an xterm (X must be running).  You can make the appropriate desktop icon or menu item depending on what window manager you are using.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If the splash screen shows up for some amount of time, and then all of X (the entire graphical environment) crashes (if you have graphical login set up, it will give you a login screen again, otherwise you will go back to the console), some people have found this to be solved by downloading the libGL.so library.  It should be put in the /opt/google-earth/ directory:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
(as root)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
cd /opt/google-earth/&lt;br /&gt;
wget http://librarian.launchpad.net/7037027/libGL.so.1 -O libGL.so.1&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Some places on the web also refer to downloading it from http://www.ground-impact.com/libGL.so.1.2 .  Here are links to a few discussions of the issue:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/google-earth-crashes-x-598569/?s=3ff14bc2cdec277267c5547b7dee84d9&lt;br /&gt;
http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=71691&amp;amp;highlight=googleearth&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Performance Issue with Google Earth:'''&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
if google earth is slow in slackware Linux, check whether DRI is enabled or not, if Direct Rendering is enabled then&lt;br /&gt;
disable &amp;quot;Atmosphere&amp;quot; effect from View menu -&amp;gt; [x] Atmosphere for smoother functioning of the graphics in Google Earth window.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 06:58:24 GMT</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Tonyguards</dc:creator>
			<comments>https://www.slackwiki.com/Talk:Google_Earth</comments>
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