I was just trying to install Google earth and I got the following error message:
Verifying archive integrity… All good.
Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux 4.3.7284.3916…
You don’t seem to be running an X server (no DISPLAY set).
Google Earth and its installer both require X11.
Aborting…
The command I used to try to install the bin file was:
sudo sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin
Same is the case when I tried to install some other apps.
Hi
You install it as your user, then it will create the google directory,
shortcut etc in your home directory.
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
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Any particular reason you are trying to install as ‘root’? The last
time I installed it I was able to just install as a regular user so I
didn’t have to do any magic exporting X or anything. It installs nicely
in a home directory (or wherever) and runs from there.
Good luck.
jaikjoel wrote:
> I was just trying to install Google earth and I got the following error
> message:
>
> Verifying archive integrity… All good.
> Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux
> 4.3.7284.3916…
> You don’t seem to be running an X server (no DISPLAY set).
> Google Earth and its installer both require X11.
> Aborting…
>
> The command I used to try to install the bin file was:
> sudo sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin
>
> Same is the case when I tried to install some other apps.
>
>
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Ok will try to install in my user instead of root.
But any idea why I am having probs installing as root?
Ok I managed to install it, but any idea why I cant perform the install as root?
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You haven’t propery exported your display.
sux -
/path/to/the/installer.bin
Good luck.
jaikjoel wrote:
> Ok will try to install in my user instead of root.
> But any idea why I am having probs installing as root?
>
>
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Which means what exactly? I need someone to explain what proper exporting of video is.
Hi
When you run the sudo command the environment variable $DISPLAY is not
exported, therefore the application (which requires an X display)
doesn’t know where/how to run.
The question begs to be asked though, why would you wish to install as
root user, googleearth only installs at a user level, not system wide?
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.0 x86 Kernel 2.6.25.11-0.1-default
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Good question, and I’m not sure how technical to go, so Google will help
you:
export x windows
Anyway, Google for that and if you have specific questions I’ll try to
help. Basically it means redirecting X output to/from an X windows
server… kinda. Well anyway that’s what your error means. The
commands I posted should get you around it.
Good luck.
jaikjoel wrote:
> Which means what exactly? I need someone to explain what proper
> exporting of video is.
>
>
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Ok Thanks will try that.