Installing Packet Tracer Version 8.0.0 on Ubuntu 20.04

Packet Tracer at Glance

Packet Tracer is a Cisco network configuration simulation tool that you can use it to hone your skills in configuring Cisco network devices.

Installing Packet Tracer Version 8.0.0 on Ubuntu 20.04

The version of Packet Tracer that will be installed is 8.0.0 which is latest version when this tutorial is written (March 26, 2021 . Here are the steps for installing Packet Tracer version 8.0.0 on Ubuntu 20.04:

Dependency Package Installation

Packet Tracer version 8.0.0 requires several dependency packages that we need to install: dialog, dxdg-utils, gtk-update-icon-cache, libgl1-mesa-glx, libpulse0, libnss3, libxss1, libasound2, libxslt1.1, libxkbcommon-x11-0, and libxcb-xinerama0-dev.

For installing dependency packages of Packet Tracer version 8.0.0, execute this command:

sudo su

apt install dialog xdg-utils gtk-update-icon-cache libgl1-mesa-glx libpulse0 libnss3 libxss1 libasound2 libxslt1.1 libxkbcommon-x11-0 libxcb-xinerama0-dev

Download Packet Tracer Version 8.0.0

Installing Packet Tracer

Open terminal then execute these commands:

sudo su

cd /path/to/PacketTracer_800_amd64_build212_final.deb

dpkg -i PacketTracer_800_amd64_build212_final.deb

The Interface of Packet Tracer Version 8.0.0

The interface of Packet Tracer version 8.0.0 which is installed on Ubuntu 20.04