Wednesday 11 July 2018

Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as - google earth

If you encounter the following error on google earth update on ubuntu, the fix below can be applied to resolve it.

 Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'

Fix
open terminal and type

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list 

Locate this line and edit it as given below

deb http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main

edit as

deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main