Fails to find libbase.so and fails to load /lib/libIGGfx.so

[Pander]

Binary package hint: googleearth-package

On Hardy:

# apt-get install googleearth-package

# make-googleearth-package
Google Earth for GNU/Linux 4.3.7204.836
Unrecognized Google Earth version (use --force to build anyway)

# make-googleearth-package --force
Google Earth for GNU/Linux 4.3.7204.836
Unrecognized Google Earth version; using anyway (because of --force).
Guessed Google Earth version: 4.3.7204.836
./
./README.linux
./bin/
./bin/googleearth
./googleearth-icon.png
./googleearth.xpm
./linux/
./linux/xdg/
./linux/xdg/xdg-desktop-icon
./linux/xdg/xdg-desktop-menu
./linux/xdg/xdg-mime
./postinstall.sh
./preuninstall.sh
./setup.data/
./setup.data/bin/
./setup.data/bin/Linux/
./setup.data/bin/Linux/x86/
./setup.data/bin/Linux/x86/setup.gtk
./setup.data/bin/Linux/x86/setup.gtk2
./setup.data/bin/Linux/x86/uninstall
./setup.data/bin/Linux/amd64
./setup.data/bin/Linux/x86_64
./setup.data/bin/NetBSD
./setup.data/bin/OpenBSD
./setup.data/bin/FreeBSD
./setup.data/config.sh
./setup.data/locale/
./setup.data/locale/de/
./setup.data/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/
./setup.data/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/loki-uninstall.mo
./setup.data/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/setup.mo
./setup.data/locale/es/
./setup.data/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/
./setup.data/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/loki-uninstall.mo
./setup.data/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/setup.mo
./setup.data/locale/fr/
./setup.data/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/
./setup.data/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/loki-uninstall.mo
./setup.data/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/setup.mo
./setup.data/locale/it/
./setup.data/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/
./setup.data/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/loki-uninstall.mo
./setup.data/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/setup.mo
./setup.data/locale/nl/
./setup.data/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/
./setup.data/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/loki-uninstall.mo
./setup.data/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/setup.mo
./setup.data/locale/ru/
./setup.data/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/
./setup.data/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/loki-uninstall.mo
./setup.data/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/setup.mo
./setup.data/locale/sv/
./setup.data/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/
./setup.data/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/loki-uninstall.mo
./setup.data/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/setup.mo
./setup.data/setup.glade
./setup.data/setup.gtk2.glade
./setup.data/setup.xml
./setup.data/splash.xpm
./setup.sh
./googleearth-linux-x86.tar
./googleearth-data.tar
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: couldn't find library libbase.so needed by ../usr/lib/googleearth/libcomponentframework.so (its RPATH is '').
Note: libraries are not searched in other binary packages that do not have any shlibs or symbols file.
To help dpkg-shlibdeps find private libraries, you might need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: shared libs info file `shlibs.local' line 5: bad line `libcollada-1.4.so'
...
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: shared libs info file `shlibs.local' line 5: bad line `libcollada-1.4.so'
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: ../usr/lib/googleearth/liblayer.so shouldn't be linked with libQtNetwork.so.4 (it uses none of its symbols).
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: ../usr/lib/googleearth/liblayer.so shouldn't be linked with libQtXml.so.4 (it uses none of its symbols).
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: ../usr/lib/googleearth/liblayer.so shouldn't be linked with libQtSql.so.4 (it uses none of its symbols).
Package: googleearth
Version: 4.3.7204.836+0.5.2-1
Section: non-free/science
Priority: optional
Maintainer: <>
Architecture: i386
Depends: ttf-dejavu | ttf-bitstream-vera | msttcorefonts, libc6 (>= 2.1.3), libc6 (>= 2.2), libc6 (>= 2.2.4), libc6 (>= 2.3), libc6 (>= 2.3.2), libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.5), libgcc1, libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1-21), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libgl1-mesa | libgl1, libglib2.0-0, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libsm6, libstdc++6, libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1-21), libx11-6, libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxext6, libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1), libxi6, libxinerama1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxrender1
Description: Google Earth, a 3D map/planet viewer
 Package built with googleearth-package.
chmod: cannot access `usr/lib/googleearth/linux/mailto-scripts/*': No such file or directory
dpkg-deb: building package `googleearth' in `./googleearth_4.3.7204.836+0.5.2-1_i386.deb'.
Success!

# dpkg -i googleearth_4.3.7204.836+0.5.2-1_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 226575 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace googleearth 4.3.7204.836+0.5.2-1 (using googleearth_4.3.7204.836+0.5.2-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement googleearth ...
Setting up googleearth (4.3.7204.836+0.5.2-1) ...

# googleearth
Failed to load "/lib/libIGGfx.so" because "/lib/libIGGfx.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

If needed, I can provide output of dpkg -l and full build output.

[Pander (pander)]

When trying to open a link from googleearth in firefox by clicking on it, the followging occurs:
  /usr/lib/firefox-3.0/firefox: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2: undefined symbol: gzopen64
and no page is loaded by firefox.

[hackel (hackel)]

Confirmed on 8.04 amd64.

[Jonppe (jaalto-hotmail)]

A reply to the debian bug report (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476665) gave a good hint.
The googleearth-package in ubuntu archives can only install Google earth version 4.2.
At first, googleearth-package binary looks for the GoogleEarthLinux.bin in the current folder, if it can't find the file, it downloads the latest one. That is, you can still download the version 4.2 yourself and use googleearth-package to install it. I think it's pretty much the same as running the GoogleEarthLinux.bin in the first place.

[David Sterratt (david-c-sterratt)]

I've marked this as a duplicate of #228525, as using the 0.5.4 package from debian (as suggested in that report) fixes this problem for me.

The debian package can be found at:
http://packages.debian.org/lenny/googleearth-package