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: custom
Submitter: Vamp898
Maintainer: runnytu
Last Packager: runnytu
Votes: 149
Popularity: 1.65
First Submitted: 2009-02-18 07:52 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-03-09 22:29 (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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bkb commented on 2020-06-17 07:20 (UTC) (edited on 2020-06-18 09:19 (UTC) by bkb)

@xiretza You right, the big problem is that we need to manually compile

I try to make the installation automatic with all other packages on a yay -Syu

xiretza commented on 2020-06-16 18:06 (UTC)

@bkb: what exactly would your change even be? Since PKGBUILDs can't be interactive, you'd have to change it to add the URL before you build anyway. If you're doing that, just change source=(), which is the one supported way to download sources.

bkb commented on 2020-06-16 06:46 (UTC)

@runnytu sure but my method adds nothing forbidden on the pkgbuild, so why not implementing it?

koatao commented on 2020-06-15 20:50 (UTC)

good job! Thanks !

runnytu commented on 2020-06-15 19:03 (UTC)

I Changed the old script to a bash one, @bkb, as another user already said to you, it's no problem of "afraid" or "more advised" users, it's because cisco forbids all redistribute of packettracer package without their consent, it's already warned in the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PacketTracer#Disclaimer

koatao commented on 2020-06-15 15:30 (UTC)

@bkb, I don't see where is the issue with the download, you can modify the PKGBUILD yourself if you don't want to download it manually on the official website.

bkb commented on 2020-06-15 06:41 (UTC) (edited on 2020-06-15 06:59 (UTC) by bkb)

I have an idea, the script ask for an URL, if one is given he tries to download and work from it. If none he uses the traditional method

It doesn't changes anything appart adding a wget and for us it changes everything because for now we had to do many steps manually, but with that we only have to copy/paste an URL and let the rest be

The users who are afraid to use third party sources will use the manual method downloading from NetAcad, and the user more advised will use their third party URL who authorize non authenticated download and it will be WAY faster

And I think it adds nothing illegal to put a wget $askedURL, no illegal material, we put ourselves the copyrighted part

koatao commented on 2020-06-14 22:36 (UTC) (edited on 2020-06-14 22:37 (UTC) by koatao)

@ruunytu, I'm starting to understand now. And you are totally right, there should be a /etc/profile.d script according to the .deb package. But your packettracer.sh script is not a bash or sh script (i guess you must be running another shell). It should be corrected. There is a postint script in the .deb package of 7.3.0 like you said exporting PT7HOME (env var needed for exam from what I've read) and exporting QT_DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO (this var is marked as deprecated in favor QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR related to qtdiag-qt5 hence the version check in the script I guess).

xiretza commented on 2020-06-14 11:50 (UTC)

It is not a valid shell script and cannot possibly belong in /etc/profile.d. Try running sh -c 'source /etc/profile.d/packettracer.sh' and tell me it doesn't error.

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