Install Cisco Packet Tracer on Arch Linux
7 April 2026 / 1 min read
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# Introduction
packettracer is available on AUR, but it cannot be installed using automated method through an AUR helper because the .deb file must be downloaded first before building the package.
# Installation
# Prerequisites
First, acquire the build files for packettracer package.
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/packettracer.git# Download Cisco Packet Tracer
Get Cisco Packet Tracer from www.netacad.com/resources/lab-downloads (Login Required). Download and place the .deb file inside the folder where packettracer build files are located (the same folder where is PKGBUILD is located).
It should look like this:
[r4sso@arch ~/Downloads/packettracer]$ ls
CiscoPacketTracer_900_Ubuntu_64bit.deb PKGBUILD# Build and install
Build and install packettracer package:
makepkg -sic# Usage
Packet Tracer will require a first run to accept the EULA via the command line:
/usr/lib/packettracer/packettracer.AppImage