Google Earth is a virtual globe that lets you travel anywhere sitting right in front of your desk. You can explore any place on earth (even in 3D) and also beyond earth. You can explore the surface of the Moon and Mars, and explore the stars in the night sky.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo’ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step by step installation Google Earth on an Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver server.
Install Google Earth on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Step 1. First make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
Step 2. Install Prerequisites Packages.
Before you install Google Earth, make sure install prerequisites packages:
apt install gdebi-core wget
Step 3. Installing Google Earth on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
First, download Google Earth installation package:
wget https://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb
Next, use the gdebi command to install Google Earth:
sudo gdebi google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb
After finishing installing Google Earth package, you can either run:
google-earth-pro
Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed Google Earth. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing Google Earth on your Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official Google Earth web site.