On 30.06.2013 20:25, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 20:04:11 +0200 poma <pomidorabelisima@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> On 30.06.2013 17:28, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >>> So, I decided to try installing GoogleEarth (GE) for the first time >>> ever. I found the following: >>> >>> http://fedora18tutorial.blogspot.com/2012/12/how-to-install-google-earth-on-fedora-17.html >> >> Note the line relating to the installation. :) >> >>> and tried it the following: >>> >>> % wget -c >>> http://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm >>> >>> %sudo yum localinstall google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm >> >> yum install ./foobar.rpm >> >> man 8 yum - localinstall >> … This command is maintained for legacy reasons only. > > Thanks, I was not aware of this. Never really read yum's manpages much. > >>> But I got the following: >>> >>> Transaction Check Error: >>> file /usr/bin from install of google-earth-stable-7.1.1.1871-0.x86_64 >>> conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.1-2.fc18.x86_64 >> >> rpm -ivh --noscripts --excludepath /usr/bin >> google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm >> xdg-desktop-menu install /opt/google/earth/free/google-earth.desktop >> >> man 8 rpm >> man 1 xdg-desktop-menu > > I guess that this can not be done using yum then? rpm -qi yum-plugin-tsflags cat /usr/lib/yum-plugins/tsflags.py man 5 yum.conf - tsflags "excludepath"? If you haven't found that it works that way, it's for your own good. yum love us all. :) > Btw, does GoogleEarth have a repo, or is there a third-party repo > somewhere? rpm -qp --scripts google-earth-stable_current_x86_64.rpm | grep yum.repos But the question is, does it work at all. ;) Note the dates: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/google-linux-repositories-help-basics poma -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
