Installing Cisco Packet Tracer in ubuntu-22.04.3-desktop-amd64

Madan Adhikari

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Feb 9, 2024

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This article will help you to install Cisco Packet Tracer in Ubuntu 22.04.3 desktop.

• Login to your skillsforall account and download Cisco Packet Tracer for Ubuntu — https://skillsforall.com/course/getting-started-cisco-packet-tracer?courseLang=en-US
• If you have not created an account in skillsforall— https://skillsforall.com/ then, create one before moving into these subsequent steps.
• Once you are logged in -> Go to -> Download Cisco Packet Tracer -> Click

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• It will take you to the download page and select Packet Tracer 8.2.1 Ubuntu 64bit

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• The download page will start if you click on the Packet Tracer 8.2.1 Ubuntu 64bit

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• Refer to the instructions given on the installation page — https://skillsforall.com/skillsforall/files/Cisco_Packet_Tracer_Download_and_Installation_Instructions.pdf
• Go to download location

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• Install using this command sudo apt-get install ./Packet_Tracer821_amd64_signed\(1\).deb

madan@vb-ubuntu22–04–3:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get install ./Packet_Tracer821_amd64_signed\(1\).deb 
[sudo] password for madan: 
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for madan: 
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
Note, selecting ‘packettracer’ instead of ‘./Packet_Tracer821_amd64_signed(1).deb’
The following additional packages will be installed:
 dialog libgl1-mesa-glx libpthread-stubs0-dev libxau-dev libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxcb1-dev libxdmcp-dev
 x11proto-dev xorg-sgml-doctools
Suggested packages:
 libxcb-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
 dialog libgl1-mesa-glx libpthread-stubs0-dev libxau-dev libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxcb1-dev libxdmcp-dev
 packettracer x11proto-dev xorg-sgml-doctools
0 upgraded, 11 newly installed, 0 to remove and 192 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,064 kB/324 MB of archives.
After this operation, 4,061 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Get:1 /home/madan/Downloads/Packet_Tracer821_amd64_signed(1).deb packettracer amd64 8.2.1 [323 MB]
Get:2 http://np.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 dialog amd64 1.3–20211214–1 [303 kB]
Get:3 http://np.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 libgl1-mesa-glx amd64 23.0.4–0ubuntu1~22.04.1 [5,584 B]
Get:4 http://np.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 libpthread-stubs0-dev amd64 0.4–1build2 [5,516 B]
Get:5 http://np.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 xorg-sgml-doctools all 1:1.11–1.1 [10.9 kB]
Get:6 http://np.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 x11proto-dev all 2021.5–1 [604 kB]
Get:7 http://np.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 libxau-dev amd64 1:1.0.9–1build5 [9,724 B]
Get:8 http://np.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 libxcb-xinerama0 amd64 1.14–3ubuntu3 [5,414 B]
Get:9 http://np.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 libxdmcp-dev amd64 1:1.1.3–0ubuntu5 [26.5 kB]
Get:10 http://np.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 libxcb1-dev amd64 1.14–3ubuntu3 [86.5 kB]
Get:11 http://np.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 libxcb-xinerama0-dev amd64 1.14–3ubuntu3 [5,990 B]
Fetched 1,064 kB in 5s (213 kB/s) 
Preconfiguring packages …
Selecting previously unselected package dialog.
(Reading database … 199544 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack …/00-dialog_1.3–20211214–1_amd64.deb …
Unpacking dialog (1.3–20211214–1) …
Selecting previously unselected package libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64.
Preparing to unpack …/01-libgl1-mesa-glx_23.0.4–0ubuntu1~22.04.1_amd64.deb …
Unpacking libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 (23.0.4–0ubuntu1~22.04.1) …
Selecting previously unselected package libpthread-stubs0-dev:amd64.
Preparing to unpack …/02-libpthread-stubs0-dev_0.4–1build2_amd64.deb …
Unpacking libpthread-stubs0-dev:amd64 (0.4–1build2) …
Selecting previously unselected package xorg-sgml-doctools.
Preparing to unpack …/03-xorg-sgml-doctools_1%3a1.11–1.1_all.deb …
Unpacking xorg-sgml-doctools (1:1.11–1.1) …
Selecting previously unselected package x11proto-dev.
Preparing to unpack …/04-x11proto-dev_2021.5–1_all.deb …
Unpacking x11proto-dev (2021.5–1) …
Selecting previously unselected package libxau-dev:amd64.
Preparing to unpack …/05-libxau-dev_1%3a1.0.9–1build5_amd64.deb …
Unpacking libxau-dev:amd64 (1:1.0.9–1build5) …
Selecting previously unselected package libxcb-xinerama0:amd64.
Preparing to unpack …/06-libxcb-xinerama0_1.14–3ubuntu3_amd64.deb …
Unpacking libxcb-xinerama0:amd64 (1.14–3ubuntu3) …
Selecting previously unselected package libxdmcp-dev:amd64.
Preparing to unpack …/07-libxdmcp-dev_1%3a1.1.3–0ubuntu5_amd64.deb …
Unpacking libxdmcp-dev:amd64 (1:1.1.3–0ubuntu5) …
Selecting previously unselected package libxcb1-dev:amd64.
Preparing to unpack …/08-libxcb1-dev_1.14–3ubuntu3_amd64.deb …
Unpacking libxcb1-dev:amd64 (1.14–3ubuntu3) …
Selecting previously unselected package libxcb-xinerama0-dev:amd64.
Preparing to unpack …/09-libxcb-xinerama0-dev_1.14–3ubuntu3_amd64.deb …
Unpacking libxcb-xinerama0-dev:amd64 (1.14–3ubuntu3) …
Selecting previously unselected package packettracer.
Preparing to unpack …/10-Packet_Tracer821_amd64_signed(1).deb …
Unpacking packettracer (8.2.1) …
Setting up libpthread-stubs0-dev:amd64 (0.4–1build2) …
Setting up libxcb-xinerama0:amd64 (1.14–3ubuntu3) …
Setting up dialog (1.3–20211214–1) …
Setting up libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 (23.0.4–0ubuntu1~22.04.1) …
Setting up xorg-sgml-doctools (1:1.11–1.1) …
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.35–0ubuntu3.1) …
Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2–1) …
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (2.1–2) …
Processing triggers for sgml-base (1.30) …
Setting up x11proto-dev (2021.5–1) …
Setting up libxau-dev:amd64 (1:1.0.9–1build5) …
Setting up libxdmcp-dev:amd64 (1:1.1.3–0ubuntu5) …
Setting up libxcb1-dev:amd64 (1.14–3ubuntu3) …
Setting up libxcb-xinerama0-dev:amd64 (1.14–3ubuntu3) …
Setting up packettracer (8.2.1) …
gtk-update-icon-cache: No theme index file.
N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file ‘/home/madan/Downloads/Packet_Tracer821_amd64_signed(1).deb’ couldn’t be accessed by user ‘_apt’. — pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)

Starting Cisco Packet Tracer

• Go to the /opt/pt directory and run ./packettracer

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• The Cisco Packet Tracer screen will come as shown below

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Thank you for reading and stay safe! Happy learning.