I can't run Cisco packet tracer 7.1 on Ubuntu

Question

I have downloaded and extracted the packet tracer file, then I used this command as root

chmod +x install

then I ran (as root)

./install

Then I used this command

./set_ptenv.sh

but whenever I run this command

packettracer

it just doesn't start

I think you should not run CPT as root. Try to run packettracer as normal user. — N0rbert, Nov 19 '17 at 20:42
nah man i get an error when i try to run the application itself : ./PacketTracer7: error while loading shared libraries: libQt5script.so.50:cant open shared object file: No such file or directory — Hozaifa Owaisi, Nov 19 '17 at 20:47
just try to install missed dependency with sudo apt-get install libqt5script5. — N0rbert, Nov 19 '17 at 20:50

N0rbert · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-23T20:50:48.047

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It seems that you are using CPT 7.1 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

I have found a nice guide to run CPT.

Steps:

Download correct version of library libicu52 (for example for amd64)

cd /tmp
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/i/icu/libicu52_52.1-3ubuntu0.8_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i libicu52_52.1-3ubuntu0.8_amd64.deb

3 . Launch CPT with the packettracer.

Update: this procedure works with CPT 7.1.1 too.

edited May 23 '18 at 20:50

answered Nov 19 '17 at 21:20

N0rbert

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