How to install Google Earth in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick

Now let’s start installing:

First install googleearth-package from the default repository using this command:

sudo apt-get install googleearth-package

Then run the command:

make-googleearth-package --force

it will take a few minutes and finally generate a deb package.
Install the deb by the command (change the package name to yours):

sudo dpkg -i googleearth_5.2.1.1588+0.5.7-1_amd64.deb

Finally,launch Google Earth from Applications – > Internet menu.

When installing GoogleEarth 6 (instead of 5) on ubuntu 10.10, the procedure is the same as described in this post plus this fundamental step:

~$ sudo apt-get install lsb-core

Without this package running ‘googleearth’ after the described procedure will give the error:

~$ googleearth
/usr/bin/googleearth: 14: /usr/lib/googleearth/googleearth-bin: not found

even if the file is right there in the folder.

Reference : http://ubuntuguide.net/how-to-install-google-earth-in-ubuntu-10-10-maverick