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: 1.00
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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tategotoazarasi commented on 2023-03-14 14:34 (UTC)

Where can I get CiscoPacketTracer_821_Ubuntu_64bit.deb? There is only 820 on the official website.

dead_donkey commented on 2023-03-13 08:33 (UTC)

The .desktop files added in the latest version of this package don't have the executable flag set by default; hence, when trying to launch them, I got an error 'You are not authorised to execute this file'. Just a straightforward chmod a+x is enough to fix.

cezarg1983 commented on 2023-03-12 19:58 (UTC)

Error with the last update

==> Making package: packettracer 8.2.1-1 (Sun Mar 12 15:49:05 2023) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> Retrieving sources... ==> ERROR: CiscoPacketTracer_821_Ubuntu_64bit.deb was not found in the build directory and is not a URL. :: Unable to build packettracer - makepkg exited with code: 1

perseo commented on 2023-01-29 13:57 (UTC) (edited on 2023-01-29 14:12 (UTC) by perseo)

If you're using KDE plasma, you can do some fixes to the .desktop file:

1) Color correction if using dark themes:

sudo sed -i "s/\/opt\/packettracer\/packettracer/XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME \/opt\/packettracer\/packettracer/g" /usr/share/applications/cisco-pt.desktop
sudo sed -i "s/\/opt\/packettracer\/packettracer/XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME \/opt\/packettracer\/packettracer/g" /usr/share/applications/cisco-ptsa.desktop

2) Set window title for application:

echo "StartupWMClass=PacketTracer" | sudo tee -a /usr/share/applications/cisco-pt.desktop
echo "StartupWMClass=PacketTracer" | sudo tee -a /usr/share/applications/cisco-ptsa.desktop

Hope this helps somebody and saves some time.

adjam commented on 2023-01-24 17:24 (UTC)

I'm having problem with this package cause of openssl dependencies: it requires 1.1.x but Arch provides 3.0.x.

Zapples commented on 2022-11-16 23:54 (UTC)

ERROR: CiscoPacketTracer_820_Ubuntu_64bit.deb was not found in the build directory.

This error can be solved by renaming the deb file to the specified name in the error. This had such a simple solution but it took me an eternity to find it in a reddit comment

kolarski commented on 2022-10-14 14:07 (UTC) (edited on 2022-10-14 14:07 (UTC) by kolarski)

I'm not sure how I can suggest change to PKGBUILD file, so writing comment here. The PKBUILD fails if there is space in the path.

Tested and this patch fixes the issue: 

-       chown -R 0:0 ${pkgdir}
+       chown -R 0:0 "${pkgdir}"
-       mv ${pkgdir}/opt/pt/ ${pkgdir}/opt/packettracer/
+       mv "${pkgdir}/opt/pt/" "${pkgdir}/opt/packettracer/"

Hope to see it in the next version.

Best Regards, Alex

runnytu commented on 2022-09-17 11:33 (UTC)

@Sensu, these are only the hardware requirements, not the software dependencies.

Sensu commented on 2022-09-16 11:01 (UTC) (edited on 2022-09-16 11:04 (UTC) by Sensu)

@JoshuaCMartin Seems like the maintainer added those dependencies to this AUR package. However you still need to download Packet Tracer from one of Cisco's websites and place it into the build folder.

At least that's all I had to do when installing Packet Tracer.

@runnytu You may want to take a look at if the java runtime packages are still needed as deps. Since Cisco currently only lists the following system requirements for Packet Tracer 8.20:

Cisco Packet Tracer 8.2 (64 bit):

  • Computer with one of the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows 8.1, 10, 11 (64bit), Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (64bit) or macOS 10.14 or newer.
  • amd64(x86-64) CPU
  • 4GB of free RAM
  • 1.4 GB of free disk space

Source: https://www.netacad.com/portal/resources/file/53955648-673e-4916-956d-c15b4c0b4131

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