Cisco Packet Tracer on Void Linux

Following void-linux/void-packages#39294, I tried to improve an already existing Cisco Packet Tracer unofficial installer for Void Linux.

Tested with Cisco Packet Tracer 820 for Ubuntu 64 bit on Void Linux x86_64

Prerequisites

• CiscoPacketTracer_*.deb - Available on NetAcad (account needed)
• xz - XZ compression utilities
• xdg-utils - Tools to assist applications with various desktop integration tasks
• binutils - GNU binary utilities - containing ar

Depedencies installation command

xbps-install -S xz xdg-utils binutils

Installation

curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clyhtsuriva/void-packettracer/master/install_pt.sh
chmod +x ./install_pt.sh
./install_pt.sh <.deb file>

Running

/opt/pt/packettracer

Uninstallation

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clyhtsuriva/void-packettracer/master/uninstall.sh | sudo bash