packet tracer

[benicio]

has anyone ever successful installing cisco's packet tracer?

[Dutchy]

Yes, just run the (right) binary (it has an rpm inside it).

[roelj]

If you're on 64-bit (x86_64) you might need to install some 32-bit (i686) libraries. PT will tell you which ones, all you have to do is

yum provides "*/<the library suggested by PT>"

Do this until it runs!

[benicio]

which link must i download this pt rpm?

[roelj]

You can download Packet Tracer (PT) from Cisco's website.
Log into your academy account and go to: here.

You probably want the version without tutorials:
Packet Tracer v5.3.3 Application only Linux-Fedora

Actually, I see now that it's a BIN file.

So you have to execute that file:

chmod +x <the file you downloaded>
./<the file you downloaded>

[wanyama]

Hey! I managed to install Packet tracer 5.3.3 after installing the required libpng12.so.0. See below;

# yum install libpng12.so.0
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libpng-compat.i686 2:1.5.10-1.fc17 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================== ==============================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================== ==============================
Installing:
libpng-compat i686 2:1.5.10-1.fc17 fedora 94 k

Transaction Summary
================================================== ==============================
Install 1 Package

Total size: 94 k
Installed size: 328 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Check
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : 2:libpng-compat-1.5.10-1.fc17.i686 1/1
Verifying : 2:libpng-compat-1.5.10-1.fc17.i686 1/1

Installed:
libpng-compat.i686 2:1.5.10-1.fc17

Complete!

[an0nymouse]

In case anybody else is needing to install PacketTracer (which claims to be built for Fedora7 i686) on Fedora17 x86_64

First 'chmod a+x PacketTracer533_i386_installer-rpm.bin'
./PacketTracer533_i386_installer-rpm.bin
then spews a long list of unsatisfied dependancies.

I had to 'yum install' a few i686 libraries to make the installer happy.

Breadcrumb trail copy'n pasted below so that you do not have to repeatedly execute and fail the install like I did.
;-)

[root@K8 pt]# ls -lrt
total 52
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2384 Apr 23 22:39 yum_install_libICE.i686
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1872 Apr 23 22:41 yum_install_libpng-compat.i686
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1945 Apr 23 22:42 yum_install_libSM.i686
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2261 Apr 23 22:43 yum_install_libX11.i686
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1132 Apr 23 22:44 yum_install_libXext.i686
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1130 Apr 23 22:45 yum_install_libXi.i686
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1871 Apr 23 22:46 yum_install_libXrandr.i686
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2256 Apr 23 22:47 yum_install_fontconfig.i686
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1132 Apr 23 22:48 yum_install_libgcc.i686
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1133 Apr 23 22:51 yum_install_glib.i686
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1144 Apr 23 22:52 yum_install_compat-libstdc++-33.i686
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1136 Apr 23 22:53 yum_install_libstdc++.i686
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2666 Apr 23 22:58 yum_install_glib2.i686

[Ihatewindows]

Great. You might want to make a separate guide for it.

[an0nymouse]

Originally Posted by ;

Great. You might want to make a separate guide for it.

Ok - a quick explanation should suffice fo those who do do not immediately follow.

Each time you execute the installer it will proceed until it cannot find a system library that it needs.
Then it terminates, printing an error list of unsatisfied dependancies.

This means that, using trial and error, you can use 'yum search all keyword' to attempt to discern which package you should install next.

To generate the 'Breadcrumb Trail' quoted above, I kept a record of each package that I installed using 'tee'.

for example: The first dependancy that I identified - libICE.i686 - was installed with the command:

yum install libICE.i686 | tee yum_install_libICE.i686

which generated the file:
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2384 Apr 23 22:39 yum_install_libICE.i686

As can be seen from the timestamps - it took me 19 minutes to solve all the dependencies.

So now I can copy'n paste that list into a single command for others to use ;-)

So 'cd' to a directory where you want the install log file to be generated, and be root with
'su -'
root# yum install libICE.i686 libpng-compat.i686 libSM.i686 libX11.i686 libXext.i686 libXi.i686 libXrandr.i686 fontconfig.i686 libgcc.i686 glib.i686 compat-libstdc++-33.i686 libstdc++.i686 lib2.i686 | tee yum_install_PacketTracer533_dependencies.log

Note that Package Naming does slowly evolve over time, so a direct name match is not always found, and some guesswork and prior knowledge is required.

The principle outlined should continue to apply to Fedora18 and beyond, although some package names may evolve slightly.

Of course - now that there exists a single command to 'just make it work' and Cisco has a beta of PacketTracer 6 out, they are bound to release a 64 bit build arent they? ;-)

---------- Post added at 02:08 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:48 AM ----------

The short version:
for those who just want the command to enable installation of Cisco PacketTracer 32bit binary on Fedora17 x86_64 64bit system.

root# yum
install libICE.i686 libpng-compat.i686 libSM.i686 libX11.i686 libXext.i686 libXi.i686 libXrandr.i686 fontconfig.i686 libgcc.i686 glib.i686 compat-libstdc++-33.i686 libstdc++.i686 lib2.i686 | tee yum_install_PacketTracer533_dependencies.log