Go to http://earth.google.com/intl/en/download-earth.html and click on the Agree and Download button:
On the next page, a download dialogue should pop up. Click on Save File and save the file to your computer, e.g. the desktop (/home/falko/Desktop in this example):
Then open a terminal and become root:
su
Make the downloaded file executable and run it:
cd /home/falko/Desktop/
chmod 755 GoogleEarthLinux.bin
./GoogleEarthLinux.bin
This will start the installation. A Google Earth Setup window opens. Accept all default settings and click on Begin Install:
After the installation, you can click on Quit or on Start, if you want to start Google Earth now:
Afterwards, we delete the Google Earth installer:
rm -f GoogleEarthLinux.bin
