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#GOOGLE EARTH PRO DESKTOP INSTALL#
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Right-click on the download to see the contextual menu. You’ll see the Linux installation for Google Earth Pro there.

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Install Google Earth Pro on your ChromebookĪrmed with the download, head over to the Files app on your Chromebook. So you’ll want to ensure that you select the Debian download of Google Earth Pro. When you enabled Linux on your Chromebook, you installed the Debian version, or distribution, of Linux. However, there are two downloads to choose from because there are multiple versions of Linux. Because you’re using a Chromebook, the download page should automatically provide you with the Linux version of Google Earth Pro. Now you need the actual Google Earth Pro desktop application, which can be downloaded here. It will likely be in a folder called Linux Apps, which is where any installed Linux software will appear. That’s it! You’ll now find a new app in your Chromebook launcher, called Terminal. Note that there may be a download involved.

Follow the intuitive prompts for the initial setup.

You’ll see an option for the Linux development environment.

Scroll down the menu shown on the left and click Advanced, then click Developers.

Open the Settings app on your Chromebook.

To enable this feature, follow these steps: And all Chromebooks released since 2020 support running Linux. If you haven’t, it’s super simple to do, opening up a world of possibilities for you.

If you’ve already flipped the switch to enable Linux on your Chromebook, you can skip this step. And since there’s a version for Linux, you can easily install Google Earth Pro on a Chromebook. But the most fully featured version is Google Earth Pro for desktops. Yes, there is a web version as well as Google Earth for Android that runs on ChromeOS.

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Create a shortcut to the program (Windows) for easy access.Earlier this morning, I received an email question from a reader, asking how to install Google Earth Pro on a Chromebook.

When installed, Google Earth launches automatically.

On a Windows OS, open the GoogleEarthSetup.exe file and click Run.

Drag the Google Earth icon from your Applications folder to your dock to create an alias (Mac).

Close the Google Earth disk image window, then drag both the Google Earth.dmg and the Google Earth volume (below) to the trash to clear them from your desktop.Drag the Google Earth.app to wherever you want to install it typically, the Applications (or Programs) folder on your hard drive.On a Mac, the Google Earth disk image file (.dmg) will automatically mount on your desktop and open.Click the Continue (Mac) or Save (PC) button to finish the download. At the end of the download, an alert box will tell you that the.The Downloads window will show the progress of your download.Your browser will display a Thank You page while Google Earth automatically downloads in the background. The page automatically detects your operating system, so you don't have to worry about choosing a particular version. Click here to go to the Google Earth download page.Advanced versions of Google Earth are available for purchase, but this activity uses the free version. It displays satellite images, aerial photographs, and graphic layers on personal computers by delivering them over the Internet. Google Earth is a freely available virtual globe program.

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However, be sure to update to the latest version of Google Earth in order to be able to complete this chapter.

These instructions are only necessary if you do not already have Google Earth 6 on your computer.

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