How to install Google-Earth 64bit in Ubuntu 13.10, ia32-libs Dependency error

Solution 1:

This is only a workaround until Google Earth is repackaged.

Google Earth Build Package

1. Download Google Earth x64 .DEB

2. Open Terminal, Copy & Paste Following Command And Press Enter

   sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 lsb-core
   

3. Open Downloads Folder

4. Right Click On Google Earth .deb package & Select Extract Here
5. Open the folder where files are extracted.
6. Open the DEBIAN Folder
7. Open the control file with gedit
8. Remove this whole Line: Depends: lsb-core (>= 3.2), ia32-libs
9. Now Click Save, & Exit Control File

10. Now Delete The Original Google Earth .DEB Package You Downloaded

11. Create A Folder called getfix, Now Move The Extracted Google Earth Folder Into The getfix Folder

Now we Are Going To Rebuild The Google Earth .deb Package:

1. Open Terminal, copy/paste the following command then press Enter:

   dpkg -b ~/Downloads/getfix/google-earth-stable_current_amd64
   

2. Copy/paste the following command (this will install the repackaged .deb)

   sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/getfix/google-earth-stable_current_amd64.deb
   

Solution 2:

For Ubuntu 13.10/14.04/1404.1 64 bit installs

sudo apt-get install libc6-i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libsm6:i386 \
libglu1-mesa:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libxext6:i386 \
libxrender1:i386 libx11-6:i386 libfontconfig1:i386 lsb-core

For Ubuntu 14.04.2 image 64 bit installs (when using the 14.04.2 image you get the mesa-lts-utopic stack so one package is different, ie. libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-utopic:i386

sudo apt-get install libc6-i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libsm6:i386 \
libglu1-mesa:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-utopic:i386 libxext6:i386 \
libxrender1:i386 libx11-6:i386 libfontconfig1:i386 lsb-core

Then get the current i386 package & install it - http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html