Packet Tracer

Packet Tracer is a cross-platform visual network simulation tool for Cisco hardware on the CCNA level and can be used to prepare for the Cisco CCNA certification exam.

Packet Tracer is an integral part of the Cisco Networking Academy, and provides authoring, assessment, and collaboration capabilities.

Installation

Note

Understand if you have permission from Cisco Systems to use this software. If you do not meet eligibility, discontinue your progress and consider alternatives such as GNS3.
From Cisco's website: "Cisco Packet Tracer is available for free to all Cisco Networking Academy instructors, students, and alumni."

Install the packettracer^AUR package. Keep in mind you need to manually download the upstream files:

Log into Cisco Networking Academy (Skills For All / NetAcad) using your Cisco Account. Register an account if you do not have it.
Once in the Networking Academy portal, download Cisco Packet Tracer.
Place the .deb file inside the folder where packettracer^AUR's build files are located — that is the same folder where the PKGBUILD file is found.

Note Read the copyright file at /usr/share/licenses/packettracer/COPYRIGHT for the End-user License Agreement (EULA) and the Supplemental End-user License Agreement (SEULA).

Usage

The installation process will put a AppImage executable file as /usr/lib/packettracer/packettracer.AppImage.

Please note that there will be no desktop file right after the installation. Packet Tracer will require a first run to accept the EULA via the command line:

$ /usr/lib/packettracer/packettracer.AppImage

then you can find a desktop file or keep running it via the AppImage as above.

The factual accuracy of this article or section is disputed.

Reason: If any of the FUSE packages is needed, it must be placed in the depends array of the packettracer^AUR package. (Discuss in Talk:Packet Tracer)

Executing packettracer requires FUSE for execution.

Troubleshooting

Crashes under Wayland

If Packet Tracer crashes when started in a Wayland session, try running it with the QT_QPA_PLATFORM environment variable set to xcb. See Wayland#Qt for more details.

Wrong UI Size

If Packet Tracer's UI is rendered incorrectly, try modifying the QT_DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO environment variable, and then either reboot or logout.