How to Install Google Earth 64 bit in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS x64

 

 

The following instructions are for installing Google Earth 64 bit in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS x64

 

Update: It is my understanding that the new Google Earth package will install as-is. Please try installing the latest version before performing the following work-around. 

Google Earth depends on lsb-core, which has been obsoleted in Xenial Xerus. The following work-around should allow you to install 64 bit Google Earth in 16.04 LTS x64

1. Download the following packages using your browser

http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/lsb/lsb-security_4.1+Debian13+nmu1_amd64.deb
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/lsb/lsb-invalid-mta_4.1+Debian13+nmu1_all.deb
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/lsb/lsb-core_4.1+Debian13+nmu1_amd64.deb

2. Open Terminal and navigate to the Downloads folder (cd Downloads)

3. Install all 3 packages

sudo dpkg -i lsb-security_4.1+Debian13+nmu1_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i lsb-invalid-mta_4.1+Debian13+nmu1_all.deb

sudo dpkg -i lsb-core_4.1+Debian13+nmu1_amd64.deb

4. Fix dependency issues

sudo apt-get install -f

5. Reboot

6. Download and install Google Earth x64 .deb package

Here's the link to the download: http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html

Note: Make certain you download the 64 bit version

Open Terminal, change folders to 'Downloads' and install (sudo dpkg -i [name of .deb file])

7: Enjoy

Note: After installation, you may receive the following message when performing updates:

http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/dists/stable/Release.gpg: Signature by key 4CCA1EAF950CEE4AB83976DCA040830F7FAC5991 uses weak digest algorithm (SHA1) Failed to fetch...

You can eliminate this message using Synaptic. If you don't have Synaptic Package Manager installed, go to 'Terminal' and type 'sudo apt-get install synaptic'. 

Launch Synaptic, go to /Settings /Repositories and click the Other Software tab. Highlight the line that contains Google Earth, then click the Remove button. Click Close and Reload. The message should be gone. Google Earth will no longer be updated automatically, so you may want to manually update in the future. 

Thanks to Charles Timms for pointing out the message.