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Added PacketTracer install instuctions for non apt distros

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Aiden Gerbrandt
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sudo apt install ~/Downloads/CiscoPacketTracer_900_Ubuntu_64bit.deb
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### Fedora
### Other Distro (Including Fedora) Manual Install
Since they only provide a .deb version, we have to manually install it on other distros. This will require the `binutils`, `tar` and `xf` packages to be installed.
```sh
# Create a working folder and move the downloaded file into it
mkdir ~/Downloads/PacketTracer && mv ~/Downloads/CiscoPacketTracer_900_Ubuntu_64bit.deb ~/Downloads/PacketTracer
Unfortunately an rpm package does not exist so Packet Tracer can not be easily installed on Fedora.
cd ~/Downloads/PacketTracer
It is possible to install it on fedora, but from my testing your best bet will be to use a Windows or Debian/Ubuntu/Mint Virtual Machine as it is the most straightforward.
# Extract the program
ar x CiscoPacketTracer_900_Ubuntu_64bit.deb
tar xf data.tar.xz
# Install the program
sudo mkdir -p /opt
sudo mv opt/pt /opt/pt
sudo ln -s /opt/pt/packettracer.AppImage /usr/local/bin/packettracer
```
## Usage
### Starting App
As far as I can tell Packet Tracer need to either be launched from the Command-line or when you open a file for Packet Tracer.
The first time you launch this app needs to be from the command-line to accept the EULA, the exact command depends on your distribution. Debian/Ubuntu/Mint and where we installed it manually, you should just be able to run the `packettracer` command, on Arch-based you need to run `/usr/lib/packettracer/packettracer.AppImage`
Regardless the first launch needs to be from the command-line to accept the EULA, the exact command depends on your distribution. Debian/Ubuntu/Mint should just be able to run the `packettracer` command, on Arch-based you need to run `/usr/lib/packettracer/packettracer.AppImage`
On Arch you may need to launch from CLI every time in testing.
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