| 2010-12-13 11:47:00 |
Leonardo Torok |
description |
Google Earth isn't easy to install in Ubuntu. There are two ways:
- Use make-google-earth-package. It requires using the terminal and the
created DEB won't work if the user doesn't install the lsb-core package.
- Download and install it from official site. This is wrong for several
reasons. First, why the user have do download and run an installer if
all the other softwares are on Software Center? Second, double clicking
the file doesn't works (because of the BIN extension). It's necessary to
give execution permission and remove the extension (or rename to SH). A
average user would have a lot of problems here.
- Medibuntu, but Google Earth isn't there anymore.
My sugestion is to make a official Google Earth package and put it on
Software Center. Everybody uses Google Earth and will be very frustated
if Ubuntu cannot run it (or if the user can't do the procedure to
install it). Of course, it' proprietary software, but Adobe Reader and
Skype are proprietary too and the partner repo is designed for
proprietary software. There are even paid apps on SC, so I think that
Earth isn't a problem.
The package could be easily built with make-google-earth-package and
added to the partner's repository. If it's not possible to add it to the
repository, the make-google-earth-package utility should be more user
friendly, downloadind and installing the Google Earth package without
requiring the user to use the terminal (like an automated install). |
Google Earth isn't easy to install in Ubuntu. Now, there are three ways to install it:
- Use make-google-earth-package. It requires using the terminal, manually
install a DEB and the created DEB won't work if the user doesn't install
the lsb-core package.
- Download and install it from official site. This is wrong for several
reasons. First, why the user have do download and run an installer if
all the other softwares are on Software Center? Second, double clicking
the file doesn't works (because of the BIN extension). It's necessary to
give execution permission and remove the extension (or rename to SH). A
average user would have a lot of problems here.
- Medibuntu, but Google Earth isn't there anymore for Maverick.
My sugestion is to make an official Google Earth package and put it on
Software Center. Everybody uses Google Earth and will be very frustated
if Ubuntu cannot run it (or if the user can't do the procedure to
install it). Of course, it' proprietary software, but Adobe Reader and
Skype are proprietary too and the partner repository is designed for
proprietary software. There are even paid apps on SC, so I think that
Earth isn't a problem.
The package could be easily built with make-google-earth-package and
added to the partner's repository. If it's not possible to add it to the
repository, the make-google-earth-package utility should be more user
friendly, downloadind and installing the Google Earth package without
requiring the user to use the terminal (like an automated install).
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