Cisco Packet Tracer

Packet Tracer is a visual simulation tool for network topologies.

Note: This is not just a Linux issue as the issue is on Windows as well, but Packet Tracer does not play with with Dark Mode, so I recommend setting your system to Light Mode while using Packet Tracer

Install

Note: a netacad account is required to download

You can download the "Ubuntu" version .deb from https://www.netacad.com/resources/lab-downloads?courseLang=en-US

Debian/Mint/Ubuntu

sudo apt install ~/Downloads/CiscoPacketTracer_900_Ubuntu_64bit.deb

Other Distro (Including Arch and 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.

# Create a working folder and move the downloaded file into it
mkdir ~/Downloads/PacketTracer && mv ~/Downloads/CiscoPacketTracer_900_Ubuntu_64bit.deb ~/Downloads/PacketTracer

cd ~/Downloads/PacketTracer

# 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

The first time you launch this app needs to be from the command-line to accept the EULA.

You should just be able to run the packettracer command.

If the "Open in Browser" function for the initial login is not working, an in-app browser option is available and works.

In the initial screen select "Advanced Settings" and check "User internal web browser for Cisco Networking Academy login"

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