On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 10:14 AM, <sberg(a)mississippi.com> wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: JD [mailto:jd1008@gmail.com]
To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
Sent: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 10:04:51 -0700
Subject: [OT] Unable to install Google Earth
Downloaded the 64 bit rpm for fedora from url
https://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html
and ran (as root)
# yum -y install ./google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
...
...
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch
Version
Repository Size
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Installing:
google-earth-stable x86_64
7.1.7.2606-0
/google-earth-stable_current_x86_64 189 M
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package
Total size: 189 M
Installed size: 189 M
Downloading packages:
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction (shutdown inhibited)
Installing :
google-earth-stable-7.1.7.2606-0.x86_64
1/1
Error unpacking rpm package google-earth-stable-7.1.7.2606-0.x86_64
error: unpacking of archive failed: cpio: mkdir
Verifying :
google-earth-stable-7.1.7.2606-0.x86_64
1/1
Failed:
google-earth-stable.x86_64
0:7.1.7.2606-0
Complete!
Has anyone installed it without running into this error?
Thanx!!
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That's been a problem with Google's rpm for (literally)
years. They for
some unknown reason refuse to fix it.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19997774/google-
earth-stable-7-1-2-2041-0-x86-64-conflicts-with-file-from-package-filesys
I found the cause.
The rpm package is set to install into /opt ....
and I do not have /opt. So I end up having to do one of
2 things:
add args to yum to change destination dir,
or
create /opt
and now it is installed.
Thanx!!