Install Google Earth on Linux

Install Google Earth 4.3 by opening a terminal and issuing following commands

# wget http://dl.google.com/earth/client/current/GoogleEarthLinux.bin
# chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin
# sudo ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin

The above command will install googleEarth to /opt/google-earth and create a desktop icon for all users. Click on icon to start up the Google Earth