| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/packettracer.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| 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: | 2.08 |
| First Submitted: | 2009-02-18 07:52 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2025-05-04 15:40 (UTC) |
Updated: In order to install Packet Tracer just follow runnytu comment, but you must edit PKGBUILD file like that:
original: source=('packettracer' 'linguist' 'packettracer.sh' 'local://Packet Tracer 7.2.1 for Linux 64 bit.tar.gz')
the way that works: source=('packettracer' 'linguist' 'packettracer.sh' 'local://packet_tracer_7.2.1_for_linux_64_bit.tar.gz')
The other way is just rename the file according to PKGBUILD.
Thank you so much for the package. Keep up the good work.
@runnytu Hmm, it's strange...
@Barazok, in my system, packettracert it still working without issues without qt5-x11extras package installed.
@runnytu please add qt5-x11extras in dependencies, since the last system update packettracer fail to launch with the following exception :
"Fatal: This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "xcb"."
Installing qt5-x11extras fix this issue.
@FFY00, Changed.
You should also drop all the _x86_64 stuff, there's no other architecture available.
Hello, please fix the package as I stated bellow or I'll orphan it.
You are working with a binary blob. This should be installed to /opt.
See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_package_guidelines#Directories
It falls under "Large self-contained packages".
Also, where the hell did you read installing to /opt is disallowed?!
@FFY00, installing to opt is disallowed, install in /usr/share/packettracer/ makes that more clean and follow arch-guidelines.
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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.