Hi :) I also haven't set up sudo, anyway, the dependencies are listed at the AUR page. It was build here, but it doesn't run. > >> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15270 > First of, you need the [multilib] repo, add it to your pacman.conf. > Second of, you need to get the ld-lsb package from the AUR. > Third of, you should run makepkg with `-si' options. [spinymouse@archlinux src]$ uname -rm 3.2.2-1-ARCH x86_64 [spinymouse@archlinux src]$ pacman -Qs lib32-fontconfig local/lib32-fontconfig 2.8.0-3 A library for configuring and customizing font access (32-bit) [spinymouse@archlinux src]$ pacman -Qs ld-lsb [spinymouse@archlinux src]$ wget http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ld/ld-lsb/ld-lsb.tar.gz [spinymouse@archlinux src]$ wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/go/google-earth/google-earth.tar.gz [spinymouse@archlinux src]$ tar xzf google-earth.tar.gz [spinymouse@archlinux src]$ tar xzf ld-lsb.tar.gz [spinymouse@archlinux src]$ cd ld-lsb [spinymouse@archlinux ld-lsb]$ makepkg -s [spinymouse@archlinux ld-lsb]$ su -c "pacman -U ld-lsb-3-3-any.pkg.tar.xz" [spinymouse@archlinux ld-lsb]$ cd ../google-earth [spinymouse@archlinux google-earth]$ makepkg -s ==> Making package: google-earth 6.2.0.5905-1 (Sat Jan 28 16:15:47 CET 2012) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Installing missing dependencies... Password: Sorry, try again. Password: sudo: 1 incorrect password attempt ==> ERROR: Aborted by user! Exiting... [spinymouse@archlinux google-earth]$ su -c "pacman -S desktop-file-utils fontconfig ld-lsb libgl libsm libxi libxrender pcre shared-mime-info" Password: warning: desktop-file-utils-0.19-1 is up to date -- reinstalling warning: fontconfig-2.8.0-1 is up to date -- reinstalling error: target not found: ld-lsb [spinymouse@archlinux google-earth]$ su -c "pacman -S desktop-file-utils fontconfig libgl libsm libxi libxrender pcre shared-mime-info" Password: warning: desktop-file-utils-0.19-1 is up to date -- reinstalling warning: fontconfig-2.8.0-1 is up to date -- reinstalling warning: libsm-1.2.0-1 is up to date -- reinstalling warning: libxi-1.4.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling warning: libxrender-0.9.6-1 is up to date -- reinstalling warning: pcre-8.21-1 is up to date -- reinstalling warning: shared-mime-info-0.91-1 is up to date -- reinstalling resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... :: libgl and nvidia-utils are in conflict. Remove nvidia-utils? [y/N] N error: unresolvable package conflicts detected error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies) :: libgl and nvidia-utils are in conflict [spinymouse@archlinux google-earth]$ su -c "pacman -S desktop-file-utils fontconfig libsm libxi libxrender pcre shared-mime-info" [now it's ok here] [spinymouse@archlinux google-earth]$ makepkg ==> Making package: google-earth 6.2.0.5905-1 (Sat Jan 28 16:23:22 CET 2012) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Missing Dependencies: -> lib32-pcre ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> ERROR: Could not resolve all dependencies. [spinymouse@archlinux google-earth]$ su -c "pacman -S lib32-pcre" [spinymouse@archlinux google-earth]$ makepkg [snip] ==> Finished making: google-earth 6.2.0.5905-1 (Sat Jan 28 16:28:10 CET 2012) [spinymouse@archlinux google-earth]$ su Password: [root@archlinux google-earth]# pacman -U google-earth-6.2.0.5905-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz Optional dependencies for google-earth lib32-catalyst-utils: 3D support for ATI/AMD cards lib32-gtk2: SCIM support lib32-nss-mdns: In case the application fails to contact the servers lib32-nvidia-utils: 3D support for Nvidia cards qt: For changing the font size with qtconfig ttf-ms-fonts: Fonts [root@archlinux google-earth]# exit [spinymouse@archlinux google-earth]$ pacman -Qi google-earth Name : google-earth Version : 6.2.0.5905-1 Menu > Internet > Google Earth = only the splash screen appears. [spinymouse@archlinux google-earth]$ google-earth Google Earth has caught signal 11. We apologize for the inconvenience, but Google Earth has crashed. This is a bug in the program, and should never happen under normal circumstances. A bug report and debugging data have been written to this text file: /home/spinymouse/.googleearth/crashlogs/crashlog-4f2415fa.txt Please include this file if you submit a bug report to Google. - Ralf
