[CentOS] getting Google Earth to work.

[Fred Smith]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 03:14:06AM +0000, Richard wrote:
> 
> 
> > Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 21:30:31 -0500
> > From: Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>
> >
> > is a continual pain.
> > 
> > I'm attempting to follow the instructions here:
> > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?p=1650497&postcount=27
> > 
> > (yes, I know it's a fedora forum (but the same stupid mistake
> > persists in the GE packages) but apparently the rpmrebuild binary
> > is nolonger available, at least not in Centos (specifically,
> > CentOS-7.2.1511). As I know little about all the various rpm
> > tools, I don't know how to do what is described there without
> > rpmrebuild.
> > 
> > rpmbuild --rebuild seems to ONLY build from a source archive, so it
> > doesn't seem to do what I need.
> > 
> > Advice appreciated!
> > 
> > thanks in advance.
> > 
> > Fred
> 
> I don't see a "-rebuild" option used on the page you reference.
> Rather there's "-ep <local-rpm-file>.rpm", shown in "3.". Trying it
> just now worked. I got a warning on the rebuild, but a new .rpm was
> generated, which I was able to install and got google-earth to start
> up. 
> 
> If you follow the link on the second line ("I just had to follow the
> steps",) at the top of the page you reference, the description in
> "#32" seems to have all the necessary bits, including a link to an
> rpmrebuild .rpm that will install on centos 7.2 (aka .1511) system.

yes, I found that rpmrebuild and installed it, and it did what
I needed.

I was referring to the rpmbuild command's --rebuild option, prior to
having figured out my misunderstanding.

Fred
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