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    How to get Cisco Packet Tracer 8.2.2 working on Ubuntu 24.04

    Hi All,
    I was trying to install Cisco Packet Tracer 8.2.2 when I got the dependency package ibgl1-mesa-glx missing error and the package installation failed. This package was earlier part of Ubuntu 22.04 and 23.0, but was not available/ deprecated in the latest Ubuntu 24.04 version. Following steps helped me resolve the issue.

    Download the respective packages:

    CiscoPacketTracer822_amd64_signed.debp from https://www.netacad.com/portal/resources/packet-tracer
    ibgl1-mesa-glx_23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1_amd64.debp from https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?k...ibgl1-mesa-glx

    Change the file permissions for installing the same:

    user@user:~/Downloads$ ll
    -rw-rw-rw- 1 user user 282817852 May 12 14:32 CiscoPacketTracer822_amd64_signed.deb*
    -rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 5584 May 12 15:27 libgl1-mesa-glx_23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1_amd64.deb

    user@user:~/Downloads$ chmod 755 *
    -rwxrw-rw- 1 user user 282817852 May 12 14:32 CiscoPacketTracer822_amd64_signed.deb*
    -rwxrw-rw- 1 user user 5584 May 12 15:27 libgl1-mesa-glx_23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1_amd64.deb


    Installing the dependency package:

    user@user:~/Downloads$ sudo apt install ./libgl1-mesa-glx_23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1_amd64.deb
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree... Done
    Reading state information... Done
    Note, selecting 'libgl1-mesa-glx' instead of './libgl1-mesa-glx_23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1_amd64.deb'
    The following NEW packages will be installed:
    libgl1-mesa-glx
    0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    Need to get 0 B/5,584 B of archives.
    After this operation, 74.8 kB of additional disk space will be used.
    Get:1 /user/Downloads/libgl1-mesa-glx_23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1_amd64.deb libgl1-mesa-glx amd64 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1 [5,584 B]
    Selecting previously unselected package libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64.
    (Reading database ... 171870 files and directories currently installed.)
    Preparing to unpack .../libgl1-mesa-glx_23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1_amd64.deb ...
    Unpacking libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 (23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1) ...
    Setting up libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 (23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1) ...

    Installing the Cisco Packet Tracer 8.2.2 on Ubuntu 24.04 which will also install other dependent packages:

    user@user:~/Downloads$ sudo apt install ./CiscoPacketTracer822_amd64_signed.deb
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree... Done
    Reading state information... Done
    Note, selecting 'packettracer' instead of './CiscoPacketTracer822_amd64_signed.deb'
    The following additional packages will be installed:
    dialog libpthread-stubs0-dev libxau-dev libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxcb1-dev libxdmcp-dev x11proto-dev xorg-sgml-doctools
    Suggested packages:
    libxcb-doc
    The following NEW packages will be installed:
    dialog libpthread-stubs0-dev libxau-dev libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxcb1-dev libxdmcp-dev packettracer x11proto-dev xorg-sgml-doctools
    0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    Need to get 1,054 kB/284 MB of archives.
    After this operation, 3,968 kB of additional disk space will be used.
    Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y

    Unpacking packettracer (8.2.2) ...
    Setting up libpthread-stubs0-dev:amd64 (0.4-1build3) ...
    Setting up libxcb-xinerama0:amd64 (1.15-1ubuntu2) ...
    Setting up dialog (1.3-20240101-1) ...
    Setting up xorg-sgml-doctools (1:1.11-1.1) ...
    Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.39-0ubuntu8.1) ...
    Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-4build2) ...
    Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (2.4-4) ...
    Processing triggers for sgml-base (1.31) ...
    Setting up x11proto-dev (2023.2-1) ...
    Setting up libxau-dev:amd64 (1:1.0.9-1build6) ...
    Setting up libxdmcp-dev:amd64 (1:1.1.3-0ubuntu6) ...
    Setting up libxcb1-dev:amd64 (1.15-1ubuntu2) ...
    Setting up libxcb-xinerama0-dev:amd64 (1.15-1ubuntu2) ...
    Setting up packettracer (8.2.2) ...
    gtk-update-icon-cache: No theme index file.

    and the Packet Tracer was installed successfully and working.

    Thank You

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    Re: How to get Cisco Packet Tracer 8.2.2 working on Ubuntu 24.04

    You're a god. Thankyou so much kind sir. I really appreciate this.

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    Re: How to get Cisco Packet Tracer 8.2.2 working on Ubuntu 24.04

    Thank you, this worked nicely ^_^

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    Thank you Re: How to get Cisco Packet Tracer 8.2.2 working on Ubuntu 24.04

    Upgraded to 24.04.1 and couldn't get Packet Tracer to install because of libgl1-mesa-glx issues. Your thread fixed this! Thank you for sharing.

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    Re: How to get Cisco Packet Tracer 8.2.2 working on Ubuntu 24.04

    The same solution applies to Ubuntu 23.10. I wrote about it here: https://gulian.uk/how-to-install-cis...3-10-or-24-04/

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