CentOS - Dec 2009 - OT: Google Earth - How to uninstall, before installing newest version?

Desktop is CentOS 5.4 (32 bit).  I have Google Earth version
4.2.205.5730 (13NOV2007 build date) installed. I have checkinstall
(spelling?) installed, but am not sure if that was installed before or
after Google Earth was installed. I have the Google Repository
installed, but apparently Google Earth cannot be updated via yum and
probably it was not installed via yum.

Question: What is the best way for me to uninstall this version of
Google Earth, completely, before I install the newest version?
(This also applies to removing Skype, which I am certain was not
installed via yum, before I install the static version of Skype, that
was recently recommended on the list).

TIA and Happy Holidays!      Lanny
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The easiest way to do this is to navigate to /opt/google-earth
then execute the following command from the command line

*./uninstall
*

[root at commandcenter google-earth]# ./uninstall
Product: Google Earth
Installed in /opt/google-earth
Uninstalling desktop menu entries...
Uninstalling mimetypes...
Google Earth has been successfully uninstalled.


On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at
gmail.com>wrote:
> Desktop is CentOS 5.4 (32 bit).  I have Google Earth version
> 4.2.205.5730 (13NOV2007 build date) installed. I have checkinstall
> (spelling?) installed, but am not sure if that was installed before or
> after Google Earth was installed. I have the Google Repository
> installed, but apparently Google Earth cannot be updated via yum and
> probably it was not installed via yum.
>
> Question: What is the best way for me to uninstall this version of
> Google Earth, completely, before I install the newest version?
> (This also applies to removing Skype, which I am certain was not
> installed via yum, before I install the static version of Skype, that
> was recently recommended on the list).
>
> TIA and Happy Holidays!      Lanny
> Magazine subscriptions Largest discount Credit/Debit Card Check PayPal
> http://www.lowcostmagazines.com/
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Lanny Marcus wrote:
> Desktop is CentOS 5.4 (32 bit).  I have Google Earth version
> 4.2.205.5730 (13NOV2007 build date) installed. I have checkinstall
> (spelling?) installed, but am not sure if that was installed before or
> after Google Earth was installed. I have the Google Repository
> installed, but apparently Google Earth cannot be updated via yum and
> probably it was not installed via yum.
>
> Question: What is the best way for me to uninstall this version of
> Google Earth, completely, before I install the newest version?
> (This also applies to removing Skype, which I am certain was not
> installed via yum, before I install the static version of Skype, that
> was recently recommended on the list).
>
> TIA and Happy Holidays!      Lanny
>    
Lanny, if you don't have an /opt/google-earth/uninstall, welcome to the 
club.
There seems to be a rash of that going around.  The answer might be at
http://earth.google.com/support/bin/search.py?hl=en&forum=1&query=uninstall+more%3Aforum

I've never tried Skype.

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:44 PM, earl ramirez <earlaramirez at gmail.com>
wrote:
> The easiest way to do this is to navigate to /opt/google-earth
> then execute the following command from the command line
>
> ./uninstall
>
>
> [root at commandcenter google-earth]# ./uninstall
> Product: Google Earth
> Installed in /opt/google-earth
> Uninstalling desktop menu entries...
> Uninstalling mimetypes...
> Google Earth has been successfully uninstalled.
Earl: Thank you!   I will try that. Lanny

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:44 PM, earl ramirez <earlaramirez at gmail.com>
wrote:
> The easiest way to do this is to navigate to /opt/google-earth
> then execute the following command from the command line
>
> ./uninstall
>
> [root at commandcenter google-earth]# ./uninstall
> Product: Google Earth
> Installed in /opt/google-earth
> Uninstalling desktop menu entries...
> Uninstalling mimetypes...
> Google Earth has been successfully uninstalled.
Earl: Cool. Mine was in usr/local/ and I got rid of most of it with
the /.uninstall command.  I will go back to that directory and see if
I can find the install directory and remove it. Thanks again!  Lanny

[root at dell2400 google-earth]# ./uninstall
Product: Google Earth
Installed in /usr/local/google-earth
Uninstalling desktop menu entries...
Uninstalling mimetypes...
Could not remove install directory: Directory not empty
Google Earth has been successfully uninstalled.
[root at dell2400 google-earth]#

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:44 PM, earl ramirez <earlaramirez at gmail.com>
wrote:
> The easiest way to do this is to navigate to /opt/google-earth
> then execute the following command from the command line
>
> ./uninstall
I uninstalled the old version of Google Earth, completely, and then,
logged into my normal user account, I downloaded the .bin file from
google. Then, I logged out and logged in as root and installed the new
version of Google Earth.

Now, I remember seeing 1 or 2 lines, regarding the Desktop (?)  ,
which I did not pay careful attention to at the time....  I should
have written down those lines....    I cannot launch the new version
of Google Earth, while logged in as root or in my normal user account,
from the menu or from the desktop icon.  Later, I will try to check
this out on the Google web site. Probably a permission problem or the
icon and menu are not pointing to the proper location ?  The command
from the desktop icon is /opt/google-earth/googleearth % f