How can you get google sketchup to work on ubuntu?
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Google Sketchup is not available natively for Ubuntu, you will have to run it using Wine. The following links may help you to get things going;
http://wiki.winehq.org/GoogleSketchup
http://ubuntuguide.net/install-google-sketchup-cad-style-app-in-ubuntu-using-wine
Another option to run Sketchup without wine is setting up a Virtual Machine and installing Sketchup on it. Still you might (and probably will) need the registry change that cscarney proposed.
http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/06/install-google-sketchup-ubuntu1404/
this is detailed instructions for 2014 sketchup, also has detailed instructions resolving hangups and video problems.
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1Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.– MitchAug 17, 2014 at 7:05
This worked for me:
First install WINE with sudo apt-get install wine
Next, download the SketchUp installer from Google and save it to disk. Open a terminal and run wine /path/to/installer.exe
Finish the installer process.
Try running SketchUp (It's on the Applications menu under Wine/Applications). If you get a "Couldn't Intitialize OpenGL" error, run wine regedit.exe
and set HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\SketchUp6\GLConfig\Display\HW_OK to 1.