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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:25 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://askubuntu.com/ with https://askubuntu.com/
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| May 20, 2012 at 2:33 | history | edited | stephenmyall | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Edited for obvious reasons, acknowledging I was a bit strong with wording etc.
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| May 20, 2012 at 1:57 | comment | added | stephenmyall | Ive never used this source, so I can say with clarity No (I have a 12.04 platform) I think you have 3 options (since you find the answer confusing) 1: Down-vote the answer, 2: Flag it for moderators attention stating the answer is not helpful or 3 Vote it for deletion. As previously stated, this method worked for me and I thought it was a plausible answer that would help others. If you have noticed sometime that is not technically correct please advise me or at the vary least the moderators. Its the only way we can clean the answer up. | |
| May 20, 2012 at 1:43 | comment | added | Mateo | Is this the source? guptamayank.com/how-to/install-google-earth-on-ubuntu-10.10 | |
| May 19, 2012 at 21:05 | comment | added | stephenmyall | @mateo_salta, Why is this confusing, please explain? This library is a requirement (fact) even for 64bit. I stated this clearly at the bottom of my answer. Sometimes you know things and do research and don't know remember the source. I keep notes on my own installation and this was in my notes. I didnt note down WHY? but when I saw the question it was something I was able to answer with certainty and I wanted to help. If needed, update the answer with a caution stating your confusion and anyone using the method i described should do some research why before implementing it. | |
| May 19, 2012 at 11:09 | answer | added | Chan-Ho Suh | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 18, 2012 at 13:54 | comment | added | Eliah Kagan | Your comment said to use Synaptic to uninstall the package and all its dependencies. Unless the OP used the term "complete purge" incorrectly in his/her answer, this is probably not what s/he did. With the title and tone of this meta question, you're accusing that OP of acting unethically. Given these facts, that really doesn't seem fair. It seems to me that whether or not the OP's own answer was substantially similar to your answer is pretty subjective. | |
| May 14, 2012 at 16:21 | comment | added | stephenmyall | I was trying to be helpful, and without suggesting that the questioner was messing around with a broken package. It was beyond my expertize to help him fix the package which is why I suggested what I did. I guess gripe wasnt about the final solution, nor am I reputation hungry. I visit this site to be helped myself and I am quite willing to give help when I can. I have had hassle free computing since I converted from Windows to Ubuntu, I owe the community that much. | |
| May 14, 2012 at 16:20 | comment | added | stephenmyall | I agree with your comments, the method I suggested was different but the principle was the same (Purge and reinstall). At the end of the day the questionner wanted to successfully run Google Earth 64bit on their machine and settled for 32bit. How to purge something in Ubuntu is a matter of familiarity with the coding or in my case Synaptic PM. | |
| May 14, 2012 at 15:19 | comment | added | Eliah Kagan |
Was their answer actually the same as your comment? If I understand correctly, your comment suggested to remove the package and all its dependencies. The OP's answer, to do a "complete purge," means that an operation equivalent to apt-get purge (or some other removal with with --purge flag) was performed. That is, to "completely remove" a package in Synaptic is to remove it and delete all its systemwide configuration files, not to remove it and its dependencies.
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| May 14, 2012 at 15:02 | vote | accept | stephenmyall | ||
| May 14, 2012 at 14:56 | answer | added | Marco CeppiMod | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 14, 2012 at 14:35 | history | asked | stephenmyall | CC BY-SA 3.0 |