Download Google Earth from this URL: http://earth.google.com. You can install it through terminal or with your Linux GUI.

With GUI:
Go to the download folder or on desktop (or destination where you download the file):

1. Right click on GoogleEarthLinux.bin
2. Go to properties
3. Permissions
4. Check the box:execute Allow executing file as program
5. Close

Double click on GoogleEarthLinux.bin, then click Run.

With Terminal:
If you use terminal and downloaded file is on desktop then:

1. open terminal
2. Write command: cd ~/Desktop (for other folder – write the full path of the folder – from root to folder name)
3. Change the run permissions on the installer: chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin
4. Run the installer with root: sudo ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin

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