<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 August 2013 05:27, Fred Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us" target="_blank">fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">When attempting to install google earth, I get this:<br>
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# yum localinstall google-earth-stable_current_i386.rpm<br>
Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit<br>
Examining google-earth-stable_current_i386.rpm: google-earth-stable-7.1.1.1888-0.i386<br>
Marking google-earth-stable_current_i386.rpm to be installed<br>
Resolving Dependencies<br>
--> Running transaction check<br>
---> Package google-earth-stable.i386 0:7.1.1.1888-0 will be installed<br>
--> Finished Dependency Resolution<br>
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Dependencies Resolved<br>
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Package Arch Version Repository Size<br>
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Installing:<br>
google-earth-stable i386 7.1.1.1888-0 /google-earth-stable_current_i386 178 M<br>
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Transaction Summary<br>
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Install 1 Package<br>
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Total size: 178 M<br>
Installed size: 178 M<br>
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y<br>
Downloading packages:<br>
Running transaction check<br>
Running transaction test<br>
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Transaction check error:<br>
file /usr/bin from install of google-earth-stable-7.1.1.1888-0.i386 conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.2-13.fc19.i686<br>
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Error Summary<br>
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and that's the end of it. the rpm DOES include an ehtry for /usr/bin, but I didn't think that was inherently erronneous.<br>
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Anyone know how to make this work?<br>
<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It's an upstream bug, 3rd party packages should never own dirs like /usr/bin/.<br><br></div><div>What I personally do it extract the rpm (using file-roller), and execute <EXTRACTED_DIR> <br>
</div></div>/opt/google/earth/free/googleearth from terminal, I just have to install the deps (either looking at 'rpm -qpR *.rpm' or just installing the libs the binary complains about not finding). YMMV.<br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Ahmad Samir
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