Unable to install Cisco Packet Tracer 7.3 on Ubuntu 20.04
Had the same issue and fixed it this way:
After installing version 7.2.2 you'll have a /opt/pt folder (if default location was chosen)
In that folder there's a packettracer script that points to
/opt/pt/bin/PacketTracer7
Running that script I got this error:
./PacketTracer7
./PacketTracer7: error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
So I installed that library using this commands (taken from: https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/05/fix-libpng12-0-missing-in-ubuntu-1804.html)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/libpng12
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libpng12-0
The installation was succesfull and now Packet Tracer run OK.
Hope it helps
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Denis
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Denis over 1 year
I am trying to install Packet Tracer 7.3 (latest version) on Ubuntu 20.04 but do not succeed to so so because of two dependencies which are not installable ("libdouble-conversion1" and "qt-at-spi").
However I successfully installed the previous version (7.2.2) which was available in an Ubuntu installer format (.run file) but I nothing happens when I run it from my gnome desktop.
I am quite a newbie in Linux so I appologies if answers are obvious...
Thanks in advance ;-)
Denis
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Denis almost 4 yearsHello Oscar, thanks for your help ! By the way I found useful Packet Tracker 7.3 installation instructions here : askubuntu.com/questions/1206794/… (I should had looked deeper before posting). Thanks anyway !
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Oscar Adolfo Martinez Russi almost 4 yearsHi Denis, great, I'll check that post to see if I can update the version.