I just installed SUSE Linux 10.1 and have been unable to figure out how to install 3rd party software such as Yahoo Messenger or Google Earth.

1. Google earth comes as a binary (bin) file;
   let's say you saved http://dl.google.com/earth/ge4/googleear… to /tmp
   open a Konsole (command prompt)
   myPC> cd /tmp
   mpPC> chmod 766 /tmp/GoogleEarthLinux.bin
   myPC> ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin
   should get you started w/ the GoogleEarth one

   Yahoo! msg.er comes as a RedHat Package Management archive; you can get it from http://download.yahoo.com/dl/unix/rh9.ym…
   http://messenger.yahoo.com/unix.php… gives instructions, which translate to
   again, from a Konsole…
   myPC> cd /tmp
   myPC> rpm -I rh9.ymessenger-1.0.4-1.i386.rp…
   then, you need to go to the Menu button, Internet, Others and start the Yahoo! Messenger icon which is there
   the install will then be continued in an interactive mode, which should get you online (defaults are fine).

   most softwares will come as a RPM package as well and can be installed in a similar way, even though the
   rpm -Uhv packagename.version.rpm
   command should most of the time give you an installed & running SW.
   if not, post another question for the specific package/SW

2. You need Linux versions of the programs, or use one of the Windows emulators. In the case of messengers, check out Gaim. It knows how to talk MSN, Yahoo, AIM, and several others.

   Can't help with Google earth unless they have a Linux version.

3. (open)SuSE 10.1 user

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