[needs-packaging] Google Earth

Bug #689610 reported by Leonardo Torok
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

Google Earth isn't easy to install in Ubuntu. Now, there are three ways to install it:

- Use make-google-earth-package. It requires using the terminal, manually
install a DEB and the created DEB won't work if the user doesn't install
the lsb-core package.

- Download and install it from official site. This is wrong for several
reasons. First, why the user have do download and run an installer if
all the other softwares are on Software Center? Second, double clicking
the file doesn't works (because of the BIN extension). It's necessary to
give execution permission and remove the extension (or rename to SH). A
average user would have a lot of problems here.

- Medibuntu, but Google Earth isn't there anymore for Maverick.

My sugestion is to make an official Google Earth package and put it on
Software Center. Everybody uses Google Earth and will be very frustated
if Ubuntu cannot run it (or if the user can't do the procedure to
install it). Of course, it' proprietary software, but Adobe Reader and
Skype are proprietary too and the partner repository is designed for
proprietary software. There are even paid apps on SC, so I think that
Earth isn't a problem.

The package could be easily built with make-google-earth-package and
added to the partner's repository. If it's not possible to add it to the
repository, the make-google-earth-package utility should be more user
friendly, downloadind and installing the Google Earth package without
requiring the user to use the terminal (like an automated install).

description: updated
tags: added: needs-packaging
removed: needs packaging
summary: - Google Earth needs packaging
+ [needs-packaging] Google Earth
Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

*** This is an automated message ***

This bug is tagged needs-packaging which identifies it as a request for a new package in Ubuntu. As a part of the managing needs-packaging bug reports specification, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs/NeedsPackagingBugs, all needs-packaging bug reports have Wishlist importance. Subsequently, I'm setting this bug's status to Wishlist.

Changed in ubuntu:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ubuntu:
status: New → Confirmed
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Kemel Zaidan aka Legendario (kemelzaidan) wrote :

Should be marked as "Won't Fix" since Google Earth is proprietary and can't get into Universe repo.

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