On 17 August 2013 05:27, Fred Smith fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us wrote:
When attempting to install google earth, I get this:
# yum localinstall google-earth-stable_current_i386.rpm Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit Examining google-earth-stable_current_i386.rpm: google-earth-stable-7.1.1.1888-0.i386 Marking google-earth-stable_current_i386.rpm to be installed Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package google-earth-stable.i386 0:7.1.1.1888-0 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================ Installing: google-earth-stable i386 7.1.1.1888-0 /google-earth-stable_current_i386 178 M
Transaction Summary
================================================================================ Install 1 Package
Total size: 178 M Installed size: 178 M Is this ok [y/d/N]: y Downloading packages: Running transaction check Running transaction test
Transaction check error: 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
Error Summary
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.
Anyone know how to make this work?
It's an upstream bug, 3rd party packages should never own dirs like /usr/bin/.
What I personally do it extract the rpm (using file-roller), and execute <EXTRACTED_DIR> /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.