How to Install Cisco Packet Tracer 8.0 in Ubuntu 22.04 Distro
Ubuntu is a community-developed system for laptops, desktops, and servers. Ubuntu includes everything you might need at home, school, or work, from word processors and email applications to web server software and programming tools.
Ubuntu will always be free. You do not pay for a usage license. You can download, use, and share Ubuntu with your friends, family, school, or business for free.
Every six months, a new desktop and server version is released. This means you will always have the latest applications that the open-source world can offer you.
Ubuntu was designed with security in mind. In desktop and server versions, you will receive security updates freely for at least 18 months. With the Long-Term Support (LTS) version, you have three years of support on the desktop version and five years on the server version. There is no extra payment for the LTS version; we do our best for everyone on the same accessible terms. Updates to the new version of Ubuntu are free and will always be free.
PT (Packet Tracer) is simple and complex networking software. Using this software, you can create network topologies and simulate your project with visual presentations.
It provides students networking and troubleshooting experiences with virtually unlimited devices without buying real routers or switches.
After talking a bit about Ubuntu and Packet Tracer, let’s get to the point.
How to Use Packet Tracer on an Ubuntu PC
To install and run the new 8.0 version of Packet Tracer on your Ubuntu PC, open the terminal, follow the steps below, or watch this video content.
Step 1: Navigate to where you downloaded Packet Tracer on the terminal screen.
cd ~/Downloads
Step 2: Use the dpkg command in the terminal to install the setup file with the deb extension.
sudo dpkg -i CiscoPacketTracer_820_Ubuntu_64bit.deb
Step 3: To install dependent packages, run the sudo apt install -f command in the terminal to pull and install those packages from Ubuntu servers.
sudo apt install -f
Step 4: Once you have installed the necessary packages, you can run the Packet Tracer software on your system without any problems.
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How to Install Packet Tracer 7.2.2
The latest version of Ubuntu is 19.10 (Eoan Ermine). The PT version is also 7.2.2
Before installing on your Linux computer, download the PT and then follow the steps below for step-by-step installation.
Step 1: Right-click on your Ubuntu desktop and open the terminal.
Step 2: Use the following command to change the permissions for the .run file you downloaded to your computer:
chmod +x PacketTracer-7.2.2-ubuntu-setup.run
Step 3: Use the following command to start the GUI wizard of Packet Tracer:
./PacketTracer-7.2.2-ubuntu-setup.run
Step 4: Accept the license agreement of the Cisco simulator and click Next to complete the installation. Then, the PT will try to open, but it won’t work because you need to install several dependent packages.
Step 5: To run Packet Tracer, you must first install the Libpng package. Use the following commands to install libpng:
wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libp/libpng/libpng12-0_1.2.50-2+deb8u3_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i libpng12-0_1.2.50-2+deb8u3_amd64.deb
Step 6: When installing Libpng, you must install this package if you receive a multiarch not installed error. Therefore, to install multiarch, use the following commands:
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/glibc/multiarch-support_2.29-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i multiarch-support_2.29-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Step 7: After installing the Multiarch package, try to install libpng again.
Step 8: After installing libpng, open the program by running the packettracer command on the terminal.
Step 9: Damn! The packet Tracer does not work again!
Step 10: The reason why Packet Tracer doesn’t work is libpng12.so.0. You need to extract the libpng.deb file to the folder and copy the libpng12.so.0 files to /opt/pt/bin/. To do this, use the following commands:
mkdir cpt; dpkg -x libpng12-0_1.2.50-2+deb8u3_amd64.deb ./cpt
cp ./cpt/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0 /opt/pt/bin/
Step 11: After fixing the Ubuntu libpng12.so.0 error, you can now use Packet Tracer on your computer without a problem!
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