Problem installing google-earth-stable.

[Mickey]

On 06/19/2014 03:01 PM, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> 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
>

How does one get Google earth to send a email of a picture of my house ?

In my KDE Settings I have Firefox as my default Web browser. and Mailto: 
is set to Thunderbird
Thunderbird is set as my default Email Browser.

In Google earth /Tools/Options/General/web browser mailto: handler. and 
it fails