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How to Installation Packer Tracer on Ubuntu
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ cd ~/Downloads$ ls
Make a new directory [Call it SilentInstaller] to extract the installer from the Packer Tracer.
mkdir silentInstaller
$ sudo tar xvzf ' ' -C SilentInstaller
Files are extracted to SilentInstaller directory.
SilentInstaller/ directory with the following command:
$ Downloads$ cd SilentInstaller
Start Now installer following command:
$ ./install
Now press <Enter>.
Press <Enter> a few more times.
At the end of the License agreement, press y and then press <Enter>.
Leave the default and press <Enter>.
Press y and then press <Enter>.
Press y and then press <Enter> to continue.
Packet Tracer 7.3.0 should be installed.
Now restart your computer with the following command:
$ sudo reboot
Once your computer starts, navigate to the Packet Tracker directory /opt/pt/bin with the following command:
if you try to start Packet Tracer, you should see the following error.
It means, libpng12.so.0 library file is not available in your computer.
The library file is not available in the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS package repository as well.
But you can download and install the library package from Debian Jessie package repository.
It should solve our problem.
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