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https://github.com/losuler/com.cisco.packettracer

A Flatpak manifest for Cisco's Packet Tracer.
https://github.com/losuler/com.cisco.packettracer

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A Flatpak manifest for Cisco's Packet Tracer.

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Packet Tracer Flatpak



A Flatpak manifest for Cisco's Packet Tracer.


## About

This is a Flatpak manifest for [Cisco's Packet Tracer](https://www.netacad.com/courses/packet-tracer). The Deb package in which Cisco distributes their binary build of Packet Tracer is not included as the download link for and use of Packet Tracer itself requires a Netacad account.

This is currently based on Packet Tracer 8.2.1 and is intended to track the latest release. For previous releases see [janymal/PacketTracer7-flatpak](https://github.com/janymal/PacketTracer7-flatpak) and [rpallai/flatpak-pt](https://github.com/rpallai/flatpak-pt).

## Building

1. Clone this repository.

```bash
git clone https://github.com/losuler/com.cisco.PacketTracer
```

2. Install build dependencies (using your preferred package manager).

```bash
dnf install flatpak-builder
```

3. Install Flatpak runtime dependencies.

```bash
flatpak install \
org.kde.Sdk/x86_64/5.15-22.08 \
io.qt.qtwebengine.BaseApp/x86_64/5.15-22.08
```

4. Download the official Deb package to the cloned repository (don't rename it).

https://skillsforall.com/resources/lab-downloads

5. Build and install the Flatpak.

```bash
cd com.cisco.PacketTracer
flatpak-builder --install --user build com.cisco.PacketTracer.yml
```

## Notes

- Do not remove the `.flatpak-builder` directory that is created during the build (while the Flatpak is installed) as it serves as the local Flatpak repository.