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
You're a god. Thankyou so much kind sir. I really appreciate this.
Thank you, this worked nicely ^_^
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.
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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