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: 1.36
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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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.

gameslayer commented on 2025-01-28 04:36 (UTC) (edited on 2025-01-28 04:57 (UTC) by gameslayer)

Deb name has been renamed to Packet_Tracer822_amd64_signed.deb

SeriousCat commented on 2025-01-15 17:20 (UTC)

For those it might help I followed the steps in this Reddit post to generate a light mode profile for the app to pass alone via ENV variables:

https://old.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/lcm2n3/how_to_make_specific_application_ignore_system/

chared commented on 2024-11-28 07:40 (UTC)

@dead_donkey Yeah lol, I ended up finding out about this while I was waiting for somebody to reply on my comment. I'll probably use the windows version with wine. As, it seemed to work for some other user.

dead_donkey commented on 2024-11-28 06:52 (UTC)

@chared Are you using the dark theme on your desktop environment, by any chance? I had this issue - using dark theme changes the text colour in the workspace to white, but the background of the workspace also stays white, rendering the text usually invisible. As a workaround I ended up creating a VM for Packet Tracer, but you could also just use light theme on your main installation instead.

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