On 05/06/2013 05:31 AM, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
> On Fri, 3 May 2013, Todd And Margo Chester wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I downloaded the latest Google Earth from Google and
>> installed it without issue:
>>
>> # rpm -Uvh google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
>> ...[100%]
>> job 8 at 2013-05-03 17:13
>>
>> # rpm -qa \*google\*
>> google-earth-stable-7.1.1.1580-0.x86_64
>>
>>
>> But when I go to start the thing:
>>
>> $ /usr/bin/google-earth
>>
>> ./googleearth-bin: error while loading shared
>> libraries: libglide3.so.3: cannot open shared
>> object file: No such file or directory
>>
>>
>> And Yum draws a blank:
>>
>> # yum --enablerepo=* whatprovides */libglide3.so.3
>> Loaded plugins: priorities, refresh-packagekit, security
>> ...
>> No Matches found
>>
>>
>> Can't find libglide3.so.3 in pbone either, even for FC19
>
> Fedora 15 and 16 had
> Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/Glide3-20050815-11.fc15.x86_64.rpm
> which includes /usr/lib64/libglide3.so.3 and /usr/lib64/libglide3.so.3.10.0
>
> I've not tested these either with or without google earth.
>

GE 7 will start, but tells you you have a bad video card.  Blasting
past the notice and you get an unpainted screen.  :'(