Cisco packet tracer doesnt install

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Hi all!

I tried to install cisco packet tracer

with

yay -S packettracer

but

==> FEHLER: Packet_Tracer822_amd64_signed.deb wurde nicht im build Verzeichnis gefunden und ist keine URL.
 -> Fehler beim Erstellen: packettracer-exit status 1
 -> Die folgenden Pakete konnten nicht installiert werden. Ein manueller Eingriff ist erforderlich:
packettracer - exit status 1
[as@kiste ~]$ sudo pacman -S packettracer
Fehler: Ziel nicht gefunden: packettracer
[as@kiste ~]$

does it really tried to install a deb-file?

2

Did you read the instructions from the AUR page?

You need to download it yourself and put it in the right location.

  1. Download the snapshot from this AUR. 2. Tar -zxf the packettracer.tar.gz snapshot (it creates the dir packettracer/ with the PKGBUILD on it). 3. Download the latest packettracer tarball from your Netacad account and copy it into the packettracer/ dir. 4. Create the package with the command makepkg (it creates a packettracer.pkg.tar.xz). 5. Install the package with either makepkg -i or sudo pacman -U packettracer.pkg.tar.xz.
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i downloaded the missing deb-file from netacad but dont know where to put

4

Instead of using yay for this, it is probably easier just to use makepkg following the instructions I posted above.

5

Maybe :slight_smile: I read the latest instructions and it says copy the deb-file to the build directory…but where is it?

 nicholasr-ITSulu commented on 2025-06-16 19:18 (UTC)

An updated guide to downloading and installing:

1.: Download the .deb file from https://www.netacad.com/resources/lab-downloads (you need to sign in and the current file name is Packet_Tracer822_amd64_signed.deb.

2.: Try to install this package (packettracer 8.2.2-1) with an AUR helper (example: pamac, octopi). The install will fail with an error indicating a missing .deb install

3.: Copy the .deb file you downloaded from Cisco Network Academy to the directory where AUR's build files are located on your system. On my sytem it is in the /tmp directory. It may be differnt on your Arch distribution. Check the setting on your AUR helper to find the AUR build directory.

4.: Install again with an AUR helper

5.: The installation using the AUR helper should work now.
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Those instructions are more complicated than the simple instructions I posted above. Also, that is just a comment from a random person, not the maintainer.

~/.cache/yay/packettracer

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here we go! thx :slight_smile: