Note: This method worked for me, hope it works out for you as well :) (As opposed to how it looked on my PC as shown in the question) This will successfully install a compatible version of Google Earth for your system. In case any dependecy problems arise (which did in my case), use sudo apt-get -f install deb package as mentioned in the description: sudo dpkg -i googleearth_6.+1.2.0-1_b You can now install the package with e.g: deb package: make-googleearth-package -forceĪn example of the message you should get after executing the above command: Description: Google Earth, a 3D map/planet viewerĭpkg-deb: building package 'googleearth' in './googleearth_6.+1.2.0-1_b'. Use the script to download the latest binary and create a. Install the googleearth-package package: sudo apt-get install googleearth-package Uninstall the existing package: sudo dpkg -P google-earth-stable I have found the solution to the problem:įind the currently installed Google Earth package dpkg -list 'google-earth*'