Ubuntu – How to run Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0.1

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I have a problem running Packet tracer 6.0.1 on Ubuntu 13.04.

I have a downloaded file from Cisco Netspace – this file had not extension. I added the extension tar.gz to this file and I could unpack it to a location with other folders and files, there was a file install too.

This was a .bin file and I used sudo chmod +x on this file and I used ./filename and installation has been launched I had to accept licence and so on.

After successfully installation I tried to launch Packet Tracer and nothing happened. Please help me, how can I correctly install and run Packet Tracer.

Note that I'm new in using Linux.

Best Answer

You probably did not follow the correct procedure. For one: nowhere does it state you need to rename the file to an extension that claims it is a compressed archive. This is one method that works:

  1. Re-download Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0 for Ubuntu.
  2. Open up Downloads folder, rename to CiscoPacketTracer6.0.
  3. Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+t).

  4. Type in:

    sudo su

    And type in your password and press Enter.

  5. Then type:

    cd Downloads
ls
chmod +x CiscoPacketTracer6.0
./CiscoPacketTracer6.0

  6. Next, click the space bar to go to the bottom (You'll see a % at the bottom left of terminal) of the EULA and press the y button to accept the terms and conditions. After that, sit back and wait until it's done.

  7. Next, click on Ubuntu symbol and search "Packet" on your computer. You should see the Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0 icon. Right mouse click on that and packet tracer should open.

If this does not work please edit your answer and PM me.

The installer puts its files into:

/usr/local/PacketTracer6/

The executable is:

/usr/local/PacketTracer6/bin/PacketTracer6

So you can also create a link in /usr/local/bin to be able to run from the command-line:

sudo ln -s /usr/local/PacketTracer6/bin/PacketTracer6 /usr/local/bin/

Finally, for reference, to find the path and arguments used when a program was run from the gui, you can use: ps auxfwww | less.

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