Arch Linux User Repository

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.

i get these warnings while installing:

warning: directory permissions differ on /opt/
filesystem: 755  package: 775
warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/
filesystem: 755  package: 775
warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/share/
filesystem: 755  package: 775
warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/share/applications/
filesystem: 755  package: 775
warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/share/icons/
filesystem: 755  package: 775
warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/share/icons/gnome/
filesystem: 755  package: 775
warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/
filesystem: 755  package: 775
warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/mimetypes/
filesystem: 755  package: 775
warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/share/mime/
filesystem: 755  package: 775
warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/share/mime/packages/
filesystem: 755  package: 775

the program still installs and opens fine(i haven't really used it yet). maybe this line should be added at the end of the PKGBUILD?:

Fix directory permissions

find "$pkgdir" -type d -exec chmod -v 0755 {} \;

@con-fused follow instructions from @runnytu and download the deb file from netacad.com once you create an account with Cisco.

Also, use the Markdown syntax. A "```" (without quotes) makes it a code and preserves the formatting of command output.

==> Proceed with install? [Y/n] y :: (1/1) Parsing SRCINFO: packettracer ==> Making package: packettracer 8.0-1 (Sat 27 Mar 2021 03:56:10 PM +0545) ==> Retrieving sources... ==> ERROR: PacketTracer_800_amd64_build212_final.deb was not found in the build directory and is not a URL. error downloading sources: packettracer

I got a error.

"I believe that PKGBUILDs must be non-interactive in order to be AUR compliant."

Than its pretty much isnt non interactive, since you have to act to do something for it to work.

@lberrymag now its working, THANKS!

@rahul_negi21 That's because you're trying to use the 8.0 PKGBUILD to install Packet Tracer 7.3.1. If you download the 8.0 .deb it should work fine.

I am facing the same issue with PacketTracer_731_amd64 :

[rahulnegi@rahulnegipc packettracer]$ makepkg -si ==> Making package: packettracer 8.0-1 (Wednesday 10 February 2021 11:19:15 AM) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> Retrieving sources... -> Found PacketTracer_731_amd64.deb -> Found packettracer.sh -> Found packettracer.install ==> Validating source files with sha512sums... PacketTracer_731_amd64.deb ... FAILED packettracer.sh ... Passed packettracer.install ... Passed ==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!

Isn't the link in line 15 of the PKGBUILD wrong?

The url field of the PKGBUILD only serves to provide a link to the upstream website (see: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PKGBUILD#url).

The part of the PKGBUILD that tell makepkg where to get the files from is the source array. It currently references local://PacketTracer..., which is correct - as the pinned comment states, you have to provide the tarball from Netacad yourself.

(I know that you would need to provide a username and password, but that's possible right? curl -u can do it, so...)

I believe that PKGBUILDs must be non-interactive in order to be AUR compliant.

It gave me an error (of course my first reaction was not "let's go check the AUR's comments). So...

Q: Isn't the link in line 15 of the PKGBUILD wrong? The download link for linux is "https://www.netacad.com/portal/resources/file/a2704df8-10f2-4a04-8d6b-a7c40d38d550", which would download the actual .deb file and install it without errors.

(I know that you would need to provide a username and password, but that's possible right? curl -u can do it, so...)

Strange... OH! I forgot to use Markdown code.

packettracer.install:

post_install() {
        xdg-icon-resource forceupdate --theme hicolor &> /dev/null
        xdg-desktop-menu install /usr/share/applications/cisco-pt.desktop
        xdg-desktop-menu install /usr/share/applications/cisco-ptsa.desktop
        update-mime-database /usr/share/mime
        gtk-update-icon-cache --force /usr/share/icons/gnome
}

post_upgrade() {
        post_install
}

post_remove() {
        xdg-icon-resource forceupdate --theme hicolor &> /dev/null
        xdg-desktop-menu uninstall /usr/share/applications/cisco-pt.desktop
        xdg-desktop-menu uninstall /usr/share/applications/cisco-ptsa.desktop
        update-mime-database /usr/share/mime
        gtk-update-icon-cache --force /usr/share/icons/gnome
}

PKGBUILD

...
pkgver=8.0.0
pkgrel=0
...
source=('local://PacketTracer_800_amd64_build212_final.deb'
        'packettracer.sh'
        'packettracer.install')
sha512sums=('3a56a369ae2028fa866ad2e27bbe07d1bee14fd0f16f82790c5f7ad9b7a7c3fc39b4b88d52aae652dccf1a21a3ae0f433e8b586ace4f48dfab7271524c5d163c'
            '09d07ec95712f562bb9217b40a0a04cbb16e42523801b62180050326d67d3592f2ce92444440a10a6e94951c6cf53e27fb360395ef5f3732c71edc51e6a85726'
            'a72fca826331a2c201e04c7eca727c6f73306cf4c26f0f6608896da345780bef248ed2be285e42c8aeacea0f6968ab78a7bc0d2bb8f60c544f5eb47f56dab5bb')

package() {
...
        #sed 's/\/opt\/pt/\/opt\/packettracer/' -i "${pkgdir}/opt/packettracer/bin/Cisco-PacketTracer.desktop"
        sed 's/\/opt\/pt/\/opt\/packettracer/' -i "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/cisco-pt.desktop"
        sed 's/\/opt\/pt/\/opt\/packettracer/' -i "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/cisco-ptsa.desktop"
        sed -e "\$aCategories=Application;Network;" -i "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/cisco-pt.desktop"
        sed -e "\$aCategories=Application;Network;" -i "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/cisco-ptsa.desktop"
        sed -e "\$aNoDisplay=true" -i "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/cisco-ptsa.desktop"
...
}
...

Let's see if that works...