Arch Linux User Repository

To install all versions of packettracer except 7.2.2, follow this guidelines: 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.

Packettracer 7.2.2 are auto installable via run file, download it from netacad webpage and run it, you don't need this package.

@con-fused follow instructions from @runnytu and download the deb file from netacad.com once you create an account with Cisco.

Also, use the Markdown syntax. A "```" (without quotes) makes it a code and preserves the formatting of command output.

==> Proceed with install? [Y/n] y :: (1/1) Parsing SRCINFO: packettracer ==> Making package: packettracer 8.0-1 (Sat 27 Mar 2021 03:56:10 PM +0545) ==> Retrieving sources... ==> ERROR: PacketTracer_800_amd64_build212_final.deb was not found in the build directory and is not a URL. error downloading sources: packettracer

I got a error.

"I believe that PKGBUILDs must be non-interactive in order to be AUR compliant."

Than its pretty much isnt non interactive, since you have to act to do something for it to work.

@lberrymag now its working, THANKS!

@rahul_negi21 That's because you're trying to use the 8.0 PKGBUILD to install Packet Tracer 7.3.1. If you download the 8.0 .deb it should work fine.

I am facing the same issue with PacketTracer_731_amd64 :

[rahulnegi@rahulnegipc packettracer]$ makepkg -si ==> Making package: packettracer 8.0-1 (Wednesday 10 February 2021 11:19:15 AM) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> Retrieving sources... -> Found PacketTracer_731_amd64.deb -> Found packettracer.sh -> Found packettracer.install ==> Validating source files with sha512sums... PacketTracer_731_amd64.deb ... FAILED packettracer.sh ... Passed packettracer.install ... Passed ==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!

Isn't the link in line 15 of the PKGBUILD wrong?

The url field of the PKGBUILD only serves to provide a link to the upstream website (see: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PKGBUILD#url).

The part of the PKGBUILD that tell makepkg where to get the files from is the source array. It currently references local://PacketTracer..., which is correct - as the pinned comment states, you have to provide the tarball from Netacad yourself.

(I know that you would need to provide a username and password, but that's possible right? curl -u can do it, so...)

I believe that PKGBUILDs must be non-interactive in order to be AUR compliant.

It gave me an error (of course my first reaction was not "let's go check the AUR's comments). So...

Q: Isn't the link in line 15 of the PKGBUILD wrong? The download link for linux is "https://www.netacad.com/portal/resources/file/a2704df8-10f2-4a04-8d6b-a7c40d38d550", which would download the actual .deb file and install it without errors.

(I know that you would need to provide a username and password, but that's possible right? curl -u can do it, so...)

Strange... OH! I forgot to use Markdown code.

packettracer.install:

post_install() {
        xdg-icon-resource forceupdate --theme hicolor &> /dev/null
        xdg-desktop-menu install /usr/share/applications/cisco-pt.desktop
        xdg-desktop-menu install /usr/share/applications/cisco-ptsa.desktop
        update-mime-database /usr/share/mime
        gtk-update-icon-cache --force /usr/share/icons/gnome
}

post_upgrade() {
        post_install
}

post_remove() {
        xdg-icon-resource forceupdate --theme hicolor &> /dev/null
        xdg-desktop-menu uninstall /usr/share/applications/cisco-pt.desktop
        xdg-desktop-menu uninstall /usr/share/applications/cisco-ptsa.desktop
        update-mime-database /usr/share/mime
        gtk-update-icon-cache --force /usr/share/icons/gnome
}

PKGBUILD

...
pkgver=8.0.0
pkgrel=0
...
source=('local://PacketTracer_800_amd64_build212_final.deb'
        'packettracer.sh'
        'packettracer.install')
sha512sums=('3a56a369ae2028fa866ad2e27bbe07d1bee14fd0f16f82790c5f7ad9b7a7c3fc39b4b88d52aae652dccf1a21a3ae0f433e8b586ace4f48dfab7271524c5d163c'
            '09d07ec95712f562bb9217b40a0a04cbb16e42523801b62180050326d67d3592f2ce92444440a10a6e94951c6cf53e27fb360395ef5f3732c71edc51e6a85726'
            'a72fca826331a2c201e04c7eca727c6f73306cf4c26f0f6608896da345780bef248ed2be285e42c8aeacea0f6968ab78a7bc0d2bb8f60c544f5eb47f56dab5bb')

package() {
...
        #sed 's/\/opt\/pt/\/opt\/packettracer/' -i "${pkgdir}/opt/packettracer/bin/Cisco-PacketTracer.desktop"
        sed 's/\/opt\/pt/\/opt\/packettracer/' -i "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/cisco-pt.desktop"
        sed 's/\/opt\/pt/\/opt\/packettracer/' -i "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/cisco-ptsa.desktop"
        sed -e "\$aCategories=Application;Network;" -i "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/cisco-pt.desktop"
        sed -e "\$aCategories=Application;Network;" -i "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/cisco-ptsa.desktop"
        sed -e "\$aNoDisplay=true" -i "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/cisco-ptsa.desktop"
...
}
...

Let's see if that works...

Cisco has released Packet Tracer 8. This is what I've done so far in PKGBUILD:

pkgver=8.0.0 pkgrel=0 ... source=('local://PacketTracer_800_amd64_build212_final.deb' ... sha512sums=('3a56a369ae2028fa866ad2e27bbe07d1bee14fd0f16f82790c5f7ad9b7a7c3fc39b4b88d52aae652dccf1a21a3ae0f433e8b586ace4f48dfab7271524c5d163c' '09d07ec95712f562bb9217b40a0a04cbb16e42523801b62180050326d67d3592f2ce92444440a10a6e94951c6cf53e27fb360395ef5f3732c71edc51e6a85726' 'a72fca826331a2c201e04c7eca727c6f73306cf4c26f0f6608896da345780bef248ed2be285e42c8aeacea0f6968ab78a7bc0d2bb8f60c544f5eb47f56dab5bb' ... #sed 's/\/opt\/pt/\/opt\/packettracer/' -i "${pkgdir}/opt/packettracer/bin/Cisco-PacketTracer.desktop" sed 's/\/opt\/pt/\/opt\/packettracer/' -i "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/cisco-pt.desktop" sed 's/\/opt\/pt/\/opt\/packettracer/' -i "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/cisco-ptsa.desktop" sed -e "\$aCategories=Application;Network;" -i "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/cisco-pt.desktop" sed -e "\$aCategories=Application;Network;" -i "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/cisco-ptsa.desktop" sed -e "\$aNoDisplay=true" -i "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/cisco-ptsa.desktop" ...

packettracer.install:

post_install() { xdg-icon-resource forceupdate --theme hicolor &> /dev/null xdg-desktop-menu install /usr/share/applications/cisco-pt.desktop xdg-desktop-menu install /usr/share/applications/cisco-ptsa.desktop update-mime-database /usr/share/mime gtk-update-icon-cache --force /usr/share/icons/gnome }

post_upgrade() { post_install }

post_remove() { xdg-icon-resource forceupdate --theme hicolor &> /dev/null xdg-desktop-menu uninstall /usr/share/applications/cisco-pt.desktop xdg-desktop-menu uninstall /usr/share/applications/cisco-ptsa.desktop update-mime-database /usr/share/mime gtk-update-icon-cache --force /usr/share/icons/gnome }

Can everyone please confirm that the new PKGBUILD and packettracer.install works? Download the .deb file from the Network Academy's website (once you log in, of course) and put it in the packettracer directory where the PKGBUILD is located.

Regards, Grayson Peddie