So I'm trying to install packet tracer and it says that is successfully installed
and to type "packettracer" in terminal to start Cisco packet tracer. But nothing happens. I would be really grateful if someone tell me how to start it :D :)
So I'm trying to install packet tracer and it says that is successfully installed
and to type "packettracer" in terminal to start Cisco packet tracer. But nothing happens. I would be really grateful if someone tell me how to start it :D :)
This should work and you can find instructions on how to assign files and create a desktop launcher here
Download Packet Tracer 7 from NetAcad
Open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + t) and extract the tar file :
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ tar xzvf PacketTracer70_64bit_linux.tar.gz
Start the installation :
$ sudo ~/Downloads/PacketTracer70/./install
You will be ask to accept the terms and select a location to install (press ‘Enter’ to select the default location /opt/pt )
You can launch PT7 by typing ‘packettracer’ in a terminal
Delete the installation files :
$ sudo rm -rf ~/Downloads/{PacketTracer70,PacketTracer70_64bit_linux.tar.gz}
I also faced the same issue and have resolved it, following is what I did in order to resolve the issue. Probably should work for you as well.
navigate to /opt/pt/bin and run the PacketTracer7 file
I got a unable to find or missing libpng12.so.0 when I tried to run the PacketTracer7
locate libpng12.so.0 # I found it in /snap/core/7169/lib/x86_64-linux gnu/libpng12.so.0
packettracer needs that in /usr/lib so issue the following command
sudo ln -s /snap/core/7169/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0
and Thats all, now you just run packettracer it would run. So if you have some other library missing etc just follow the same procedure to solve the problem. Hope this answers your query.
Since your installation failed mid-process due to your choice to install in the Downloads folder, Attempt installation again and choose a more appropriate location (the default should work fine).
ls -l /usr/local/bin/pack*
into your post or better yetsudo find / -name packettracer
output – Elder Geek Mar 02 '17 at 18:16