Google Earth and nVidia [SOLVED]

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 08:23 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:00:37 +0930
> Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > You become the super user to install, you install, the installation's
> > final step offers to run the newly installed program, and you end up
> > running it as the root user.
> 
> I installed google earth a little while back and there was no need to be the
> root user.  I just ran the installer as my regular user and away it went....

That's fine for a machine that you are sole user of.  I generally prefer
to install apps in public areas so users can share them.  If you install
GE as root, it defaults to /opt/google-earth with a symlink
in /usr/local/bin.

> 
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                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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