Direct Download and Install Google Earth Without Google Updater or Pack
For user who wants or tries to download Google Earth setup installer from official Google Earth website (http://earth.google.com), the installation executable file that is been downloaded is for Google Updater instead, after user clicks on “Download Google Earth” (current version 4.3) and “Agree (Terms and Conditions) and Download” buttons.
Download Google Earth is not what it means to be.
Google Earth has been included as part of Google Pack, which has Google Updater as one of its core program. Google Update is a memory-resident and sit on system tray (notification area) application program that downloads and installs all the software selected in the Google Pack, beside monitoring the status (check for new version) of installed software, run software that’s been installed, or uninstall software.
Most people who needs Google Earth does not require or like Google Updater to automatically install and update Google Earth for them though. Fortunately Google also provides standalone installation setup .EXE and .DMG file to install Google Earth on Windows PC or Mac OS X computer, albeit not clearly and not directly.
In Google Earth Help topic related to installation and uninstallation, a direct download link to latest version of Google Earth is provided. It’s main provided as an alternative for user having problem installing Google Earth through Google Updater, however, it’s also complete installation package of Google Earth to avoid and bypass Google Updater.
The direct download link of latest current version of Google Earth:
PC: http://dl.google.com/earth/client/current/GoogleEarthWin.exe
Mac: http://dl.google.com/earth/client/current/GoogleEarthMac.dmg
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July 15th, 2009 23:00
I got GE installed following the link:
http://dl.google.com/earth/client/GE5/release_5_0/GoogleEarth-Win-Plus-5.0.11337.1968.exe
posted in this discussion:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/earth/thread?tid=5f1a4f2ba17dde82&hl=en&fid=5f1a4f2ba17dde82000462026662768e
When I try to run, I get an error “unable to connect to google’s servers to activate account”
Any suggestions?
THANXS!!!
amb
May 11th, 2009 09:22
@Cappella
Thank you so much.
I don’t want any stupid download manager. I have my own. Let me control my computer.
Thanks a lot again
April 16th, 2009 22:14
register to receive
April 8th, 2009 04:29
Perfect! I needed the full installer because I need to deploy Google Earth to a laptop without internet access. (using a pre-filled cache file)
April 4th, 2009 04:55
Message number 12 provided the correct link to the standalone version of this program, i have download it, installed it and it’s working nice an easy!!!!! thank you so much!!!
March 20th, 2009 12:37
Works for me. Thanks! Got Google Earth in about 30 seconds thanks to Google (for their search) and landing on your page.
March 6th, 2009 03:00
Doesn’t work anymore.
Works ok for Mac, but the windows link to directly download the file ends up loading the Google Updater program.
There seems no way now to download the Win program directly.
March 2nd, 2009 15:00
The link posted by Cappella works fine, links to the 10MB file instead of the small installer file.
February 28th, 2009 03:26
doesnt work now
February 24th, 2009 20:41
thank you so much.. i was looking for this..
February 9th, 2009 07:44
To Annoyed,
You can install to a different directory.
1. Run ‘GoogleEarth-Win-Plus-5.0.11337.1968.exe’.
2. Do not click on anything … go to the “Temp” directory and look for a work directory with Google Earth installation files.
3. Look for a MSI file called “Google Earth.msi”. You can use search to find this file to determine the work directory.
4. Go to command prompt, and type this:
“Google Earth.msi” INSTALLDIR=
February 6th, 2009 08:38
Everybody suck my dick! Uuuuuunderstaaaaaaaaand?
February 5th, 2009 02:45
Whats with the only only one place to install.
Only one place to put the cache.
Only one place to put anything.
I use a drive letter for just the OS.
That way WHEN windows scrags itself I only lose it to the reformat bunnies.
GE installs without warning to my win drive and no choice at all about setup.
I want it on a DIFFERENT drive letter with my other apps.
I would like to not lose my place marks just because windows scrags and some bone headed genius has decided that doc’s & setting’s is the be all and end all of storage places.
The new features are nice but the installation is unsafe.
Even office, dev studio & the sdk’s the very definitions of MS bloat ware let you decide where you want everything. The earlier versions of GE also used to.
So now we are limited to one vision?
Come on Google get some brains back in the game and remember that customers and clients don;t come out of cookie cutters, some of us actually think for ourselves.
February 4th, 2009 02:50
Direct download link for Google Earth 5 is at:
http://dl.google.com/earth/client/GE5/release_5_0/GoogleEarth-Win-Plus-5.0.11337.1968.exe
February 3rd, 2009 22:43
For Google Earth 5. Even if you use the “standalone” links, it is no longer a standalone installer.
When you run GoogleEarthWin.exe, check the task manager. There will be 2 additional process added “GoogleEarthWin.exe” and “GoogleUpdate.exe”.
And we thought MS is evil.
February 3rd, 2009 06:27
Yes, it does download version 5, but this installer is no longer a ’stand alone’ installer, as it still has to download the main installer first.
February 3rd, 2009 05:05
The direct link works for acquiring the new version, version 5, of Google Earth too.
January 30th, 2009 21:30
thx, updater is the worst thing from G
January 17th, 2009 18:26
thank a lot!!!
January 15th, 2009 03:06
Thanks for the direct link to Google Earth. That “updater” app of theirs isn’t working for me.
January 7th, 2009 00:52
Thanks!!!!! Google updater didn’t work for me. This tip helped me a lot!
December 21st, 2008 17:28
Thank for the tip ! really annoying that “google updater” thing. Thank you.
December 15th, 2008 11:03
Thanks…
November 6th, 2008 03:30
Worked like a charm. I don’t understand why Google make it so damned difficult. It is becoming more and more like Microsoft. Thank you
October 16th, 2008 19:33
That’s been bothering me for some time now. Thanks for the info.