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Google Earth 5.0 (beta) on Ubuntu 8.10

March 6th, 2009
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Today I tried to install the (new) version of Google Earth 5.0 (beta), cause some one told me about new Streetview pics in town..

After I installed the app, I just tried to run,.. Saw the splash and then everything closes..
What happened..

I started the program in a shell and there is the problem:

Installing desktop icon...
Warning: Unable to create prefs directory '/home/pbaasch/.googleearth'. File exists.
./googleearth-bin: relocation error: /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libssl.so.0.9.8: symbol BIO_test_flags, version OPENSSL_0.9.8 not defined in file libcrypto.so.0.9.8 with link time reference

The sollution is very simple, just a workaround, but it works:

Find the file libcrypto.so.0.9.8 and just rename or delete it...

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  1. opensrc
    March 13th, 2009 at 22:46 | #1
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    same problem, heard this before. how do find this file?

  2. Yigal
    March 29th, 2009 at 04:11 | #2
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    Hola
    I am installing Ubuntu 9,04

    You wrote “The sollution is very simple, just a workaround, but it works:

    Find the file libcrypto.so.0.9.8 and just rename or delete it… ”

    I can not get it rename or delete as it tells me that I have no permition to do it, going yo preferences do not help as it is blocked.

    I hope that you can tell me how to make G.E work

  3. plb
    April 3rd, 2009 at 21:03 | #3
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    Hey opensrc and Yigal ,
    how do you installed GoogleEarth? Download the binaries from google. Proceed a chmod u+x to the installer file and type ./GoogleEart… in a Terminal..
    After the installation, Search in your home folder for that file, including hidden files and directories. And than rename them. If you don’t have the permission, try sudo mv libcrypto.so.0.9.8 libcrypto.so.0.9.8.old

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