The latest file from the Cisco website is CiscoPacketTracer_801_Ubuntu_64bit.deb, I edited the PKGBUILD filename dependency and used updpkgsums and installed everything but when I run PacketTracer, nothing happens. Sorry I'm really new to all of this, any help?
EDIT: Got it to work by installing Qt5, but I can only launch it from the terminal, not the shortcut when using an application finder.
Qt WebEngine resources not found at /opt/packettracer/bin/resources. Trying parent directory...
Installed Qt WebEngine locales directory not found at location /opt/packettracer/bin/translations/qtwebengine_locales. Trying application directory...
Qt WebEngine resources not found at /opt/packettracer/bin/resources. Trying parent directory...
Installed Qt WebEngine locales directory not found at location /opt/packettracer/bin/translations/qtwebengine_locales. Trying application directory...
[16900:16900:0721/214758.409444:ERROR:extension_system_qt.cpp(121)] Failed to parse extension manifest.
EDIT 2: Somehow got the shortcut to work.. last thing I did was see what file the shortcut was linked to and right clicked->revert.. not sure if that did it but everything is functioning now..
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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.