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musv
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 Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 3:24 pm Post subject: Is there a 64bit version of Google Earth? |
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Hi guys,
As known for a long time, the pics in Google Earth Linux version don't work. It shows only a white box with the title of the foto. Google seems to have other priorities than the linux version.
In the German Ubuntu forum I've found a hint to get the pics working. The write:
Download the ge7.1.1.1580-0.x86_64-new-qt-libs-debian7-ubuntu12.tar.xz and unpack it to /opt/google/earth/free. The package consists of some modified qt4-libs, which can display the fotos in google earth.
If I do so, I get an error message:
| Code: | | libQtGui.so.4: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64 |
Of course, we all know Google Earth 64 bit is internally only 32 bit.
But if they provide a package with native 64 bit qt-libs for google earth, there should be also a native 64 bit version of Google Earth, shouldn't be? Did I miss something? Is there a native 64 bit Google Earth build, which I haven't found yet? |
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russK
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| Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:24 am Post subject: |
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Incredibly I got it to run. I installed with:
| Code: | | emerge --ask --autounmask-write sci-geosciences/googleearth |
I said yes and applied applied changes to package.accept_keywords, package.unmask, and package.license with dispatch-conf.
Then I emerged it for real, this gave me pactchelf-0.8 and sci-geosciences/googleearth-7.1.2.2041 with bundled-libs USE flag.
When I tried running 'googleearth', It crashed many times as it first came up. I tried the modification to .config/Google/GoogleEarthPlus.conf with enableTips = false. Still kept crashing.
Then I found some magic, for me it stays up OK and seemingly functional when I run it like this:
| Code: | | setarch i686 googleearth |
Wow. That's the first time I had a use for 'setarch i686', I didn't even know it existed.
HTH
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haarp
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| Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| ymmv. setarch seems to make it sliiightly less crashy during startup (still happens tho). clicking on a poi still crashes it instantly however. |
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russK
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| Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh geez, you're right, my mileage is varying already. This morning it was flawless, and now it insists on crashing regardless of setarch. |
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Fitzcarraldo
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musv
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:18 am Post subject: |
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Thanks a lot. Will have to test this, if I'll find some time.
It's annoying, that Google isn't able, just to provide a native 64bit version, which is working without any hacks. |
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musv
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| Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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Fitzcarraldo:
Did this torture to get it working. Works so far. Thanks.
One hint:
If the world appears scrambled, you have to delete the googleearth cache in the home folder. |
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