Problem installing google-earth-stable.

[Erik P. Olsen]

On 19/06/14 18:45, Fred Smith wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 05:25:52PM +0200, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
>> Have downloaded google-earth-stable and got the following installing the package:
>>
>> Installing:
>>   google-earth-stable
>>                    x86_64 7.1.2.2041-0 /google-earth-stable_current_x86_64 194 M
>>
>> Transaction Summary
>> ================================================================================
>> Install  1 Package
>>
>> Total size: 194 M
>> Installed size: 194 M
>> Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
>> Downloading packages:
>> Member: google-earth-stable.x86_64 0:7.1.2.2041-0 - u
>> Adding Package google-earth-stable-7.1.2.2041-0.x86_64 in mode u
>> Running transaction check
>> Transaction check time: 0.026
>> Running transaction test
>>
>>
>> Transaction check error:
>>    file /usr/bin from install of
>> google-earth-stable-7.1.2.2041-0.x86_64 conflicts with file from
>> package filesystem-3.2-19.fc20.x86_64
>>
>> Is it a sick package?
>
> yes. it's a bug (negative feature??) in google earth's packaging.
> Surely Google knows about it by now, it's been there for months,
> but so far haven't see fit to fix it.
>
>
OK, thanks. Found this solution:

yum install 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/postinstaller/files/fedora/releases/20/i386/updates/google-earth-7.1.2.2041-3.fc20.i686.rpm

-- 
Erik