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diff --git a/gis/google-earth/README b/gis/google-earth/README index 941e5bece5..f0d3ae93a4 100644 --- a/gis/google-earth/README +++ b/gis/google-earth/README @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ google-earth (Google's famous virtual globe) -Google Earth is a virtual globe program. It maps a version of the +Google Earth Pro is a virtual globe program. It maps a version of the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS over a 3D globe. You point and zoom to any place on the planet that you want to explore. @@ -10,41 +10,20 @@ specific address to check out an apartment or hotel. View driving directions and even fly along your route. The degree of resolution available is based somewhat on the points -of interest, but most land (except for some islands) is covered in at +of interest, but most land (except for some islands) is covered in at least 15 meters of resolution. -When running GoogleEarth for the first time, you will see an error -message stating that it is unable to find the Bitstream Vera fonts. -This should be safe to ignore - it will use other fonts (and the -DejaVu fonts included with Slackware are based on the Bitstream fonts). - NOTES: -1) Google updates the GoogleEarth bin-file without changing the download - link location and they don't use version numbering in the filename - (the version is more an internal numbering). - - Therefore, this script is subject to failing (and a different MD5SUM) - at any time due to the fact that you might get a newer version - of GoogleEarth than what the script is designed to use. Please notify - the maintainer if this is the case. - -2) Google Earth 7 is "LSB compliant" meaning it was built on a LSB system. - Slackware however does not have that symlink which is part of the LSB 3.0 - specification. You'll need to create the symlink manually after installing - the package: - - 32-bit: ln -sf /lib/ld-linux.so.2 /lib/ld-lsb.so.3 - 64-bit: ln -sf /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /lib64/ld-lsb-x86-64.so.3 - -3) Google Earth tends to crash when the 65-fonts-persian.conf is available on - the system. Please remove /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf prior to - launching this application. The easiest way to do this is: - - mv /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf \ - /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf.old - -4) GoogleEarth now requires that you have OpenGL drivers installed on your - system (and Xorg configured to use them). Not doing so will cause X - to crash. - -5) On 32 bit, the VERSION is still at 7.3.0.3832. +1) Google Earth Pro requires that you have OpenGL drivers installed on + your system (and Xorg configured to use them). Not doing so will + cause X to crash. + +2) This version of Google Earth Pro is only available for 64-bit + systems. If you are still running 32-bit, you will need the + google-earth-legacy SBo script. + +3) This version of Google Earth Pro is updated without bumping the + version number (only the embedded revision is bumped). For this + reason the md5sum may not match and the build will fail in sbopkg. + If this happens you will need to download the file and build the + package directly. |