Linux: Google Earth v7 showing transparent globe without textures
Problem
After installing Google Earth,
Environment
- Kubuntu-12.04
- google-earth-7.0.2.8415, build date 12/13/2012
Workaround
Downgrade to Google Earth v6 (6.0.3.2197) by following these steps:
wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add - sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth.list' sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install google-earth-stable
This installs google-earth-6.0.3.2197 (Build Date 5/13/2011) with the earth rendered with textures.
Journal
20121222
Same problem - transparent earth; no satellite images - on Google Earth forum.
The 6.2-download from http://google.com/earth doesn't work: it still downloads the 7.0 version.
When I try to download a v6.2 .deb file manually from Google (http://www.google.com/earth/index.html) I still receive the 7.0 version?
This appears to be caused by a language setting at the bottom of the page, which is set to "Nederlands" in my case. Setting this language to "English (UK)", however, downloads GoogleEarthLinux.bin and upon installing says something about v5.2?:
Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux 5.2.1.1588.............................................................. setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Document is empty ^ setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found ^ Couldn't load 'setup.data/setup.xml'
