Re: How do I install a bin file?

Pat Brown wrote:
  

How can I install a bin file from a terminal? I have GoogleEarth and I 
tried installing it with the Package Manager before but though it seemed 
to install would never show up anywhere as an app to run. I can find a 
lot of various files when I unpack the downloaded bin file, but I have 
no idea how to run them, or even what to run. Does anyone here use 
GoogleEarth? I tried signing up for the GoogleEarth help list, but the 
advice I got was next to useless - I could never find the files where 
people said they were.

I'm stumped. I'd like to use GoogleEarth, but it looks like I should 
have kept my Windows partition to do so.

  
    

Why not install the deb package?

wulfy@localhost:~$ apt-cache show googleearth-4.3
Package: googleearth-4.3
Source: googleearth
...
Description: Google Earth! 4.3 - binary files
 The idea is simple. It's a globe that sits inside your PC. You point
 and zoom to anyplace on the planet that you want to explore.
 Satellite images and local facts zoom into view. Tap into Google
 search to show local points of interest and facts. Zoom to a
 specific address to check out an apartment or hotel. View driving
 directions and even fly along your route. We invite you to try it
 now.
 .
 .
 This package contains binary files for Google Earth! 4.3.
  

me@localhost:~$sudo aptitude show googleearth
...
This is a meta package which allows to install Google Earth! 4.2 or Google Earth! 4.3.
Site : http://earth.google.com/