Package Details: packettracer 8.2.2-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/packettracer.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: packettracer
Description: A cross-platform visual simulation tool designed by Cisco Systems that allows users to create network topologies and imitate modern computer network
Upstream URL: https://www.netacad.com/courses/packet-tracer
Licenses: LicenseRef-Cisco-EULA
Submitter: Vamp898
Maintainer: runnytu
Last Packager: runnytu
Votes: 151
Popularity: 0.83
First Submitted: 2009-02-18 07:52 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-05-04 15:40 (UTC)

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runnytu commented on 2020-01-04 16:58 (UTC) (edited on 2020-01-04 16:59 (UTC) by runnytu)

To install all versions of packettracer except 7.2.2, follow this guidelines: 1. Download the snapshot from this AUR. 2. Tar -zxf the packettracer.tar.gz snapshot (it creates the dir packettracer/ with the PKGBUILD on it). 3. Download the latest packettracer tarball from your Netacad account and copy it into the packettracer/ dir. 4. Create the package with the command makepkg (it creates a packettracer.pkg.tar.xz). 5. Install the package with either makepkg -i or sudo pacman -U packettracer.pkg.tar.xz.

Packettracer 7.2.2 are auto installable via run file, download it from netacad webpage and run it, you don't need this package.

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wakizu commented on 2025-06-21 14:05 (UTC)

thank you @mal1k.me

dead_donkey commented on 2025-06-19 02:55 (UTC)

Yes, I think you're right nicholasr. Cisco merged NetAcad into Skills For All 6-12 months ago, so the next release should remove the NetAcad login option. You should have already received account migration instructions to Skills For All, and they now call NetAcad 'Legacy NetAcad'.

nicholasr-ITSulu commented on 2025-06-18 19:16 (UTC)

I am using pamac as an AUR-helper. I was able to install this package (packettracer 8.2.2-1) and load it on my system. However, the first screen asks you to login using Cisco Network Academy or Cisco Skills for All.

If you choose Cisco Network Academy, an in-app browser opens and a Network Academy page resolves. If you click on LogIn, another browser window opens with a spinning icon that does not stop or reslove. This appears to be an issue with the Cisco Packet Tracer and may be solved in the 9.0 release, which is curently in beta.

If you choose the Cisco Skills for All option, your system browser will load a Cisco Skills for All page and you can successfully login using that web interface.

To simplify, use the Cisco Skills for All login when first starting this package.

nicholasr-ITSulu commented on 2025-06-16 19:18 (UTC)

An updated guide to downloading and installing:

1.: Download the .deb file from https://www.netacad.com/resources/lab-downloads (you need to sign in and the current file name is Packet_Tracer822_amd64_signed.deb.

2.: Try to install this package (packettracer 8.2.2-1) with an AUR helper (example: pamac, octopi). The install will fail with an error indicating a missing .deb install

3.: Copy the .deb file you downloaded from Cisco Network Academy to the directory where AUR's build files are located on your system. On my sytem it is in the /tmp directory. It may be differnt on your Arch distribution. Check the setting on your AUR helper to find the AUR build directory.

4.: Install again with an AUR helper

5.: The installation using the AUR helper should work now.

rhysperry111 commented on 2025-05-30 11:45 (UTC) (edited on 2025-05-30 12:48 (UTC) by rhysperry111)

Could libxml2-legacy be added as a dependency?

EDIT: This didn't fix anything as the packettracer script overrides ld search paths. Adding the systems library paths to the override line in /opt/packettracer/packettracer fixed things

mal1k.me commented on 2025-05-03 09:16 (UTC)

If Packet Tracer won't start, it may be because of the missing library libxml2.so.2. To fix it, simply install libxml2-legacy package:

pacman -S extra/libxml2-legacy

Check https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2239686#p2239686

According to strace output, the issue with Packet Tracer appears to be a missing shared library: libxml2.so.2.

./PacketTracer: error while loading shared libraries: libxml2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Gaeldev commented on 2025-03-06 05:39 (UTC)

Im having this issue after following some advices 

==> Starting package()...
tar: data.tar.xz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package().
    Aborting...

Benjamin-035 commented on 2025-02-23 15:40 (UTC) (edited on 2025-02-23 15:41 (UTC) by Benjamin-035)

A guide to downloading and installing:

1.: Download the .deb file from https://www.netacad.com/resources/lab-downloads (you need to sign in)

2.: Try to install this package with an AUR helper

3.: Copy the Downloaded file to /home/benjamin/.cache/yay/packettracer/ and name it CiscoPacketTracer822_amd64_signed.deb.

4.: Install again with an AUR helper

5.: Should work now.

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