Cisco Packet Tracer 9.0.0 Installation on All Linux Distributions

This post explains how to install Cisco Packet Tracer 9.0.0 on various Linux distributions using the official Debian package from Archive.org.

🐧 Arch-based Distributions

If you’re using Arch Linux, Manjaro, EndeavourOS, or another Arch-based system, you can install Packet Tracer easily using a ready PKGBUILD.

Go: Cisco Packet Tracer 9.0.0 Installation on Arch Linux

🧩 Ubuntu / Debian-based Distributions

For Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, or other Debian-based systems:

1. Download the .deb package:

   wget https://archive.org/download/packettracer900/CiscoPacketTracer_900_Ubuntu_64bit.deb
   

2. Install it with dpkg:

   sudo dpkg -i CiscoPacketTracer_900_Ubuntu_64bit.deb
   sudo apt -f install
   

   The second command fixes any missing dependencies.

🧱 Other Linux Distributions

For distributions that do not use .deb packages (e.g. Fedora, openSUSE, Void, Alpine, Gentoo, etc.), you can manually extract and run the AppImage inside the .deb package.

1. Download the .deb package:

   wget https://archive.org/download/packettracer900/CiscoPacketTracer_900_Ubuntu_64bit.deb
   

2. Extract the Debian package:

   mkdir packettracer
   cd packettracer
   ar x ../CiscoPacketTracer_900_Ubuntu_64bit.deb
   

   This will produce:

   control.tar.xz
   data.tar.xz
   debian-binary
   _gpgorigin
   

3. Extract the data archive:

   tar -xf data.tar.xz
   

4. Locate the AppImage: Inside the extracted directory, you’ll find:

   opt/pt/packettracer.AppImage
   

5. Make it executable and run:

   chmod +x opt/pt/packettracer.AppImage
   ./opt/pt/packettracer.AppImage
   

   On first run, you’ll be asked to accept Cisco’s license agreement.

After accepting, you can move the AppImage to a convenient location and optionally create a desktop shortcut:

sudo mv opt/pt/packettracer.AppImage /usr/local/bin/packettracer

Then launch it with:

packettracer

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⚖️ License

• Cisco Packet Tracer is licensed under Cisco’s EULA.
• All binaries and content are licensed by Cisco Systems.
• The PKGBUILD and scripts in this repo are free to reuse.

🙌 Credits

• Maintainer: Runnytu < runnytu at gmail dot com >
• OldMaintainer: Alexey Kharlamov der@2-47.ru
• Contributor: David Dufberg Tøttrup
• Contributor: Jordi De Groof <jordi(dot)degroof(at)gmail(dot)com>
• Contributor: pyther pyther@pyther.net
• Contributor: z3ntu WEI16416@spengergasse.at
• Contributor: fr0stb1rd < fr0stb1rd.gitlab.io >