installing packet tracer not launching on distrobox
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/installing-cisco-packet-tracer-in-distrobox-not-working/10579
Made a post on discorse but I will repost here in for those who may need or want to see this
before I begin starting to talk about the issue, I need to explain how far I got.
iffy but I found some solutions, first sticking to the ubuntu toolbox.
https://code.whatever.social/exchange/askubuntu.com/questions/1517352/issues-installing-libgl1-mesa-glx
This may be outdated at somepoint, but installing packet tracer from cisco by itself showws that it can't find certain libraries.
As one reply in this forum says "libgl1-mesa-glx has been a transitional package for a while and is now obsolete from Ubuntu 23.10 and onwards."
https://github.com/PetrusNoleto/Error-in-install-cisco-packet-tracer-in-ubuntu-23.10-unmet-dependencies/releases/tag/CiscoPacketTracerFixUnmetDependenciesUbuntu23.10
The solution is to install these packages and what was recommended above.
which after actually installing packet tracer via this command
or
another issue props up, which is when trying to actually open packet tracer (which for the cli invocation is
Is there a way to actually start up and getting the GUI to open and to work?
Made a post on discorse but I will repost here in for those who may need or want to see this
before I begin starting to talk about the issue, I need to explain how far I got.
iffy but I found some solutions, first sticking to the ubuntu toolbox.
https://code.whatever.social/exchange/askubuntu.com/questions/1517352/issues-installing-libgl1-mesa-glx
This may be outdated at somepoint, but installing packet tracer from cisco by itself showws that it can't find certain libraries.
As one reply in this forum says "libgl1-mesa-glx has been a transitional package for a while and is now obsolete from Ubuntu 23.10 and onwards."
https://github.com/PetrusNoleto/Error-in-install-cisco-packet-tracer-in-ubuntu-23.10-unmet-dependencies/releases/tag/CiscoPacketTracerFixUnmetDependenciesUbuntu23.10
The solution is to install these packages and what was recommended above.
sudo dpkg -i libgl1-mesa-glx_23.0.4-0ubuntu1.22.04.1_amd64.debsudo dpkg -i libgl1-mesa-glx_23.0.4-0ubuntu1.22.04.1_amd64.debwhich after actually installing packet tracer via this command
sudo apt-get install ./PacketTracerFileNameHere.debor
dpkg -i ./Packet_Tracer822_amd64_signed.debanother issue props up, which is when trying to actually open packet tracer (which for the cli invocation is
packettracer) doesn't open anything other than it printing the text "Starting Packet Tracer 8.2.2" Is there a way to actually start up and getting the GUI to open and to work?
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installing packet tracer not launching on distrobox before I begin starting to talk about the issue, I need to explain how far I got. iffy but I found some solutions, first sticking to the ubuntu toolbox. This may be outdated at somepoint, but installing packet tracer from cisco by itself showws that it canβt find certain libraries. As on...
I'm trying to install libgl1-mesa-glx since I need...
