linux packet tracer,Installing Cisco Packet tracer in Linux

What is Cisco Packet tracer ?

Cisco Packet traceris a powerful network simulator tool which used

to trained while we do some Cisco certifications. It provide us

good Interface view for every router’s, and networking devices

which with many options same as using the physical machines we can

use unlimited devices in a network. We can create multiple network

in single project to get trained like a professionals. packet

tracer will provide us with simulated application layer protocols

such as HTTP , DNS ,

Routing with RIP , OSPF , EIGRP etc.

Now

it has been released including ASA 5505

firewall with command line

configurations. Packet tracer available commonly for Windows, but

not for Linux distributions. Here we can download and get install

Cisco package tracer.

Newly released version of Cisco packet tracer:

The

next Cisco Packet Tracer version will be Cisco Packet Tracer 6.2

currently it’s under development.

My Environment Setup:

Hostname:  desktop1.unixmen.com

IP

address:  192.168.0.167

Operating system:  Ubuntu

14.04 LTS Desktop

# hostname

# ifconfig | grep inet

# lsb_release -a

Step 1: First we need to download the Cisco Packet tracer.

To

download Packet Tracer from official website we need to have a

token, sign into Cisco NetSpace and select CCNA > Cisco Packet

Tracer from the Offerings menu to start the download. If we don’t

have a token you can get from below link which i have uploaded in

Dropbox.

Many of them don’t have a token to download packet tracer. For that

i have uploaded it in dropbox you can get packet tracer from below

URL.

Step 2: Install Java:

To

get install packet tracer we need to have install Java, To get

install java we can use the default or add the PPA repository and

update the package cache to get install java.Install the default

jre using

#

sudo apt-get install default-jre

(or)

Use

the below step to get install Java Run-time and set the

Environment.

Download Java from official website :

# tar -zxvf jre-8u31-linux-x64.tar.gz

# sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib/jvm

# sudo mv -v jre1.8.0_31 /usr/lib/jvm/

# cd /usr/lib/jvm/

# sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/lib/jvm/jre1.8.0_31/bin/java" 1

# sudo update-alternatives --set "java" "/usr/lib/jvm/jre1.8.0_31/bin/java"

Set

the environment for java by editing the profile file and add the

location. While we adding in profile file java will available for

every user’s in our machine.

# sudo vi /etc/profile

Add

the following entries to the bottom of your /etc/profile file:

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jre1.8.0_31

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jre1.8.0_31/bin

Run

the below command to activate java path immediately.

# . /etc/profile

Check for the Java version and Environment:

# echo $JAVA_HOME

# java -version

Step 3: Enable 32bit architecture support:

For

Packet tracer we need some of 32bit packages. To get install 32bit

packages we need to install some of dependencies using below

commands.

# sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

# sudo apt-get update

# sudo apt-get install libc6:i386

# sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0

# sudo apt-get install libnss3-1d:i386 libqt4-qt3support:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386 libqtwebkit4:i386 libqt4-scripttools:i386

Step 4: Extract and install the package:

Extract the downloaded package using tar command.

# mv Cisco\ Packet\ Tracer\ 6.1.1\ Linux.tar.gz\?dl\=0 Cisco_Packet_tracer.tar.gz

# tar -zxvf Cisco_Packet_tracer.tar.gz

Navigate to the extracted directory

# cd PacketTracer611Student

Now

it’s time to start the installation , Installation is very simple

and just take few seconds.

# sudo ./install

To

working with Package tracer we need to set the environment for that

Cisco have provided the environment script, We need to run the

script using root user to set the environment variable.

# sudo ./set_ptenv.sh

That’s it for installation step’s. next we need to create a Desktop

Icon for Packet tracer.

Create the Desktop Icon by creating desktop file under.

# sudo su

# cd /usr/share/applications

# sudo vim packettracer.desktop

Append the Below content to the file using vim editor or your

favourite one.

[Desktop Entry]

Name= Packettracer

Comment=Networking

GenericName=Cisco Packettracer

Exec=/opt/packettracer/packettracer

Icon=/usr/share/icons/packettracer.jpeg

StartupNotify=true

Terminal=false

Type=Application

Save and quit using wq!

Step 5: Run the packet tracer

#

sudo packettracer

That’s it we have successfully installed the packet tracer in

Linux, These above steps are suitable for every debian based Linux

distributions.

Resources:

Home page

Conclusion:

Here we have seen how to install packet tracer in Linux

distribution, Hope you have find a way to get install your favorite

Simulator in Linux.