ArsGeek

Here’s a quick guide to getting Google Earth up and running on your Ubuntu 6.06 (DD) install. Note that you’ll need 3D support working on your Ubuntu install. Many thanks to the Ubuntu Wiki for tips and tricks.

First, make sure you have Wine installed. If you don’t, you can do the following:

sudo cp /etc/atp/sources.list sources.bak

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following to the end of your sources.list file: http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt dapper main

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install wine

Now that you have Wine installed, here’s a quick tutorial on getting it set up.

Now let’s install he DCOM98 package via Wine.

winecfg

Once wine configuration opens, set the Windows Version (at the bottom) to Windows 98. Click OK.

Now we’ve got to get the DCOM package.

sudo wget http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/1/3/d13cd456-f0cf-4fb2-a17f-20afc79f8a51/DCOM98.EXE

And now install it via wine.

WINEDLLOVERRIDES=”ole32=n” wine DCOM98.EXE

Follow the prompts and say OK.

Let’s get Google Earth now. Download it from HERE.

Now let’s install it.

winecfg

Set wine to Windows Version Windows XP at the bottom and click OK.

Now we’re going to have to go here and grab a dll. Once you’ve downloaded the psapi.zip file, unzip it.

unzip psapi.zip

Then copy the PSAPI.DLL file to the system32 folder in your wine setup. From your home dir, if that’s where you’ve downloaded and unzipped PSAPI.DLL.

cp PSAPI.DLL ~/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/system32/PSAPI.DLL

Now it’s time to install Google Earth using wine.

WINEDLLOVERRIDES=”ole32,oleaut32,rpcrt4=n” wine GoogleEarth.exe

Follow the prompts as you would normally, however uncheck “Set Google as my homepage” and “Launch Google Earth” at the end of the install.

Now it’s time to launch Google earth. You may want to create a shortcut, or add this to a launcher on your desktop. And also note that this will require 3D Acceleration to be working on your Ubuntu box.

WINEDLLOVERRIDES=”ole32,usp10,msvcrt=n” wine “.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/Google/Google Earth/GoogleEarth.exe”

This is by no means a guaranteed to work thing, and if anyone can get it working on their IBM X41 with the i915 chipset, please let me know Added comments with hacks that work are always welcome.

geek out.