Google-Earth will not launch

After installing Ubuntu 12.04LTS 64bit I am unable to launch Google Earth.

When I try to launch in terminal I get the following:

pst007x@pst007x-Serval-Professional:~$ cd /opt/google/earth/free
pst007x@pst007x-Serval-Professional:/opt/google/earth/free$ ./googleearth.bin
bash: ./googleearth.bin: No such file or directory
pst007x@pst007x-Serval-Professional:/opt/google/earth/free$ 

If I use Nautilus and navigate to "/opt/google/earth/free" "googleearth.bin" is there.

ADDITIONAL:

Tried creating a new profile and deleting my old profile, purging my system of Googleearth, used Janiter to remove all other references too, re-installed from fresh download, but same issue..

So how is it possible that a successful installation, with all the dependencies installed, and the googleearth.bin file there, confirmed, but will not launch, with the error "bash: ./googleearth.bin: No such file or directory"

Solution 1:

This is the method I used to install Google Earth on my 64bit Laptop and it worked perfectly

Firstly, I made sure I had all my media codecs installed then followed these instructions:

If you are running a 64-bit version of Ubuntu 12.04 then you will also need:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

To install Google Earth copy and paste the following command in the Terminal Window.

sudo apt-get install lsb-core

Google Earth 6.2 Latest Upgraded Version:

Download Google Earth 6.2 from here

Select either: 32 bit .deb (For Debian/Ubuntu) or 64 bit .deb (For Debian/Ubuntu)

depending on your PC architecture and install in Software Center.

That's It

I dont see any mention in your question or subsequent answer about ia32-libs. Have you installed this. You need this for 64bit also.

Solution 2:

Fixed...

I am using Ubuntu 64bit version and I was trying to logically install Google-Earth 64bit version... but there must be a bug in the installer..

So after a complete purge I installed the 32bit version and it worked!