Re: cannot install google earth on F19

[Ahmad Samir]

On 17 August 2013 05:27, Fred Smith <fredex(a)fcshome.stoneham.ma.us&gt; 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.

-- 
Ahmad Samir