make-googleearth-package doesn't use latest version

[Phaedrus]

Binary package hint: googleearth-package

Google has released a new version (4.2), and it seems they've changed the directory structure of their linux download area.

make-googleearth-package uses http://dl.google.com/earth/GE4/GoogleEarthLinux.bin, which gives you version 4.1.something. The new URL is http://dl.google.com/earth/client/current/GoogleEarthLinux.bin.

Here's a patch (though it's trivial):

root@frankie:~# diff -u /usr/bin/make-googleearth-package ~/make-googleearth-package.new
--- /usr/bin/make-googleearth-package 2007-06-17 00:35:24.000000000 +1000
+++ /root/make-googleearth-package.new 2007-09-12 11:24:31.000000000 +1000
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

 GoogleEarth_Package_VERSION="0.2.0"

-GoogleEarth_bin_URL="http://dl.google.com/earth/GE4/GoogleEarthLinux.bin"
+GoogleEarth_bin_URL="http://dl.google.com/earth/client/current/GoogleEarthLinux.bin"
 GoogleEarth_bin="GoogleEarthLinux.bin"

 function usage() {

[Pär Lindfors (paran)]

Debian seems to have a fix for this problem.

http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/contrib/g/googleearth-package/googleearth-package_0.3.2/changelog

[Phaedrus (camerons-web)]

Sorry, just tested this, and I'm having problem due to a checksum error in the 4.2 download. I've posted on the googleearth for linux group, and I'm awaiting a response. I'll post again once it's sorted out.

[Phaedrus (camerons-web)]

The debian 0.3.2 version works fine on my machine (now that google have fixed the problem with their distributable)

The gutsy 0.2.0 version works fine now too, with only a few differences to the debian package script.

root@frankie:~# diff -u make-googleearth-package.new /usr/bin/make-googleearth-package
--- make-googleearth-package.new 2007-09-14 14:20:15.000000000 +1000
+++ /usr/bin/make-googleearth-package 2007-08-26 09:10:01.000000000 +1000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e

-GoogleEarth_Package_VERSION="0.2.0"
+GoogleEarth_Package_VERSION="0.3.2"

-GoogleEarth_bin_URL="http://dl.google.com/earth/GE4/GoogleEarthLinux.bin"
+GoogleEarth_bin_URL="http://dl.google.com/earth/client/current/GoogleEarthLinux.bin"
 GoogleEarth_bin="GoogleEarthLinux.bin"

 function usage() {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@

   echo $version >&2

- if grep -E 'GNU/Linux 4.[01]' <<<"$version" > /dev/null; then
+ if grep -E 'GNU/Linux 4.[012]' <<<"$version" > /dev/null; then
     GoogleEarth_VERSION=$(sed -e 's/.*GNU\/Linux //' <<<"$version")
     echo 'Supported Google Earth version:' $GoogleEarth_VERSION >&2
   elif [ "$OPT_FORCE" ]; then
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
   cat <<EOF >googleearth
 ?package(googleearth): \
   needs="X11" \
- section="Apps/Science" \
+ section="Applications/Science/Geoscience" \
   title="Google Earth" \
   command="/usr/bin/googleearth" \
   icon="/usr/share/pixmaps/googleearth.xpm"

[Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)]

This is an old one and has been fixed for awhile. make-googleearth-package builds Google Earth for GNU/Linux 5.1.3533.1731 on Karmic.