Hello,
My name is Adam and I am a Cisco CCNA(S) Instructor at my local Academy.
I use Linux OS a lot and I need Packet Tracer to function correctly on this OS.
Installation on Windows OS is working perfectly and the application is running OK.
However, installation on Linux (Ubuntu) is a little buggy.
I've identified 2 problems. For the first, I have discovered a workaround, but for the other one, the solution still eludes me.
The 1st problem:
Installation is not smooth and is buggy.
I download the DEB file, I run it with "dpkg -i ....deb" and at first, it fails because of some dependecies that wont' install.
After the installer exists, I must run "apt --fix-broken install" . This installs the dependencies correctly.
After that, I must re-run the Packet Tracer installer and this time it installs correctly.
Question: Isn't Packet Tracer tested on Ubuntu systems ? It seems totally unprofessional...
The 2nd problem:
Installation of Cisco Packet Tracer on XUbuntu with XFCE desktop is Segfaulting.
After installing the application using the above procedure, when I start the application, it says something like:
Starting Packet Tracer 8.0.0
/usr/local/bin/packettracer: line 8: 4448 Segmentation fault (core dumped) ./PacketTracer "$@" > /dev/null 2>&1
I really need Packet Tracer on this laptop running XUbuntu 20.04 LTS.
Can anyone help?
Thank you !
Adam.
