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Google Earth on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus

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Due to lsb-core package deprecations Google earth takes a few more mins to install on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus.
Follow steps below to install :

STEP 1 : INSTALL GOOGLE EARTH
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
cd ~/Downloads
wget https://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth-stable_current_amd64.deb
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/l/lsb/lsb-core_4.1+Debian11ubuntu6_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i --force-all lsb-core_4.1+Debian11ubuntu6_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i google-earth-stable_current_amd64.deb
STEP 2 : REMOVE DEPENDENCY HELL (lsb-core)

lsb-core depends on a lot of packages this will start annoying you on any further updates.
To shut up lsb-core depends from calling out follow steps below.

cp /var/lib/dpkg/status ~/
sudo vi /var/lib/dpkg/status

If you are not comfortable with vi open in your favorite UI editor.
locate below line

Package: lsb-core
Locate section called "Depends" under above package. Delete all package dependencies after 
leaving only "Depends:"
Be careful you are doing this under the lsb-core package only.
save the file or in vi :wq
STEP 3: CHECK GOOGLE EARTH WORKS

Launch google-earth or from unity launcher
make sure everything works.

STEP 4 : MAKE PANARAMIO PHOTOS TO WORK:

At this point panaramio photos do not load correctly, you will have a white screen when you click any picture inside google earth .
Follow steps below to resolve

cd /opt/google/earth/free
sudo wget http://www.sundru.net/wordpress/sundrumisc/ge7.1.1.1580-0.x86_64-new-qt-libs-debian7-ubuntu12.tar.xz

||Credit for this library goes to amirpli@gmail.com - 2013 and Ryan C. Gordon -2006||

For security verify md5sum: 6d1f5cff1c9e1831798fd1270b90f501
[UPDATE 05/30/2016] : This assumes  you have a 64 bit OS, for 32 bit install see Per de Place Bjørn (thanks !) comment below.

sudo tar xvf ge7.1.1.1580-0.x86_64-new-qt-libs-debian7-ubuntu12.tar.xz
sudo apt-get install libfreeimage3
sudo apt-get install libgstreamer0.10-0
sudo apt-get install libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0

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