http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19745
Summary: Direct download (no Google Updater) install of Google Earth 5 fails Product: Wine Version: 1.1.27 Platform: PC URL: http://dl.google.com/earth/client/current/GoogleEarthW in.exe OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Keywords: download, Installer Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: msxml3 AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: dank@kegel.com
Since the normal Google Earth download at http://earth.google.com uses Google Updater, which still doesn't work (see bug 5713 and bug 16183), I tried the direct, no Updater installer, http://dl.google.com/earth/client/current/GoogleEarthWin.exe
This installer seems to get further; it puts up a dialog saying "Connecting to the Internet", but then fails. The log has lots of fixme:msxml:domdoc_createNode nodes with namespaces currently not supported. in it, so I tried winetricks msxml3. That fixed it; the installer was able to download and install Earth successfully. The app even ran (if slowly).