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Stoufa Gheribi
Asked: 2017-10-10 15:39:52 +0800 CST

Cisco Packet Tracer 7.1 won't start

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I installed Packet Tracer 7.1 using command lines. It installed fine but when I type packettracer it just says 

starting packettracer 7.1

but doesn't work. I tried every solution I found on the internet but they didn't work.

cisco

6 Answers

  1. I was able to run Cisco Packet Tracer 7.1 on Ubuntu 16.04 by doing the following:

    1-Cisco Packet Tracer 7.1 requires an older version of a package not present on Ubuntu 16.04 so you need to get it by typing 

    wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/i/icu/libicu52_52.1-3ubuntu0.7_amd64.deb

    2- To install the package you just downloaded type

    sudo dpkg -i libicu52_52.1-3ubuntu0.7_amd64.deb

    3- Verify proper installation using this commands

    sudo updatedb; locate libicui18n

    Check for the following packages to be installed:

    • /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libicui18n.so.52

    • /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libicui18n.so.52.1

    Those are the packages needed by Cisco Packet Tracer to work properly.

    Now you can type packettracer on terminal and the program should start.

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  2. Navigate to the directory where PacketTracer is installed (this is the default):

    cd /opt/pt/bin

    then run PacketTracer7

    ./PacketTracer7

    Now, if it shows a list of "libqt5xxx" missing libraries, please install them all.

    sudo apt install libqt5xxx*

    Remember, just write everything that is behind the first "."(dot) and to put the * in the end of the name of the package.

    In my case, it was a package named "libQt5Script.so.5", so I did this:

    sudo apt-get install libqt5script*

    After that, running PacketTracer7

    ./PacketTracer7

    should now work.

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  3. If you check out the libraries required by using this command:

    cd /opt/pt/bin
ldd Packettracer7

    you'll see all the libraries inclunding the missing ones
    So to solve this problem just copy the library missing like :

    sudo cp /opt/pt/lib/libname /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

    And ta da!!!
    Problem solved

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  4. i fixed this by

    wget http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/pool/main/i/icu/libicu52_52.1-8+deb8u6_amd64.deb

    then this command line

    sudo dpkg -i libicu52_52.1-8+deb8u6_amd64.deb

    and finally

    packettracer

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  5. There is a known issue between packet tracer 7.1 and Ubuntu 16.04 which blocks packet tracer from starting. Packet tracer needs a library libicui18n.so.52 which has been updated with libicui18n.so.55 in Ubuntu 16.04. To solve this issue, we have to download and install the older version of this library. Older version of this library is available in a Debian package at :-

    http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/i/icu/libicu52_52.1-3ubuntu0.7_amd64.deb.

    Run following commands to download and install this package

    wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/i/icu/libicu52_52.1-3ubuntu0.7_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg –i libicu52_52.1-3ubuntu0.7_amd64.deb
sudo updatedb

    Once package is installed, run following command to update the library path

    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/pt/lib /opt/pt/bin/PacketTracer7

    Source :- https://www.computernetworkingnotes.com/ccna-online-training/download-packet-tracer-for-windows-and-linux.html

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  6. Open terminal type packettracer, make sure you use two t's, packettracer not packetracer, not case sensitive, do not need to change directory, I am running version 7.1.1 on ubuntu 14.04, no need to type packettracer7 or packettracer7.1.1 just packettracer.

    My Packettracer program in /opt/pt where it is installed is named packettracer.

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