Packet Tracer

Packet Tracer is a cross-platform visual network simulation tool for Cisco hardware on the CCNA level and can be used to prepare for the Cisco CCNA certification exam.

Packet Tracer is an integral part of the Cisco Networking Academy, and provides authoring, assessment, and collaboration capabilities.

Installation

Note

Understand if you have permission from Cisco Systems to use this software. If you do not meet eligibility, discontinue your progress and consider alternatives such as GNS3.
From Cisco's website: "Cisco Packet Tracer is available for free to all Cisco Networking Academy instructors, students, and alumni."

Download source package tarball

packettracer^AUR can not be installed using automated methods (e.g. AUR helper) because the software's tarball must be downloaded first before building the package.

So, first acquire the build files for packettracer^AUR package.

Download Packet Tracer deb package

Log into Cisco Networking Academy (Skills For All / NetAcad) using your Cisco Account. Register an account if you do not have it.
Once in the Networking Academy portal, download Cisco Packet Tracer 8.2.2 or 9.0.0 open beta.
Rename the deb package to Packet_Tracer822_amd64_signed.deb so it is recognized by the build script.
Place the .deb file inside the folder where packettracer^AUR's build files are located — that is the same folder where the PKGBUILD file is found.

Build and install

Build the package; alternatively, build in a clean chroot
Install the package.

Note Read the copyright file at /usr/share/licenses/packettracer/COPYRIGHT for the End-user License Agreement (EULA) and the Supplemental End-user License Agreement (SEULA).

Usage

The installation process will put a AppImage executable file as /usr/lib/packettracer/packettracer.AppImage.

Please note that there will be no desktop file right after the installation. Packet Tracer will require a first run to accept the UELA via the command line:

$ /usr/lib/packettracer/packettracer.AppImage

then you can find a desktop file or keep running it via the AppImage as above.

Troubleshooting

Crashes under Wayland

If Packet Tracer crashes when started in a Wayland session, try running it with the QT_QPA_PLATFORM environment variable set to xcb. See Wayland#Qt for more details.

Wrong UI Size

If Packet Tracer's UI is rendered incorrectly, try modifying the QT_DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO environment variable, and then either reboot or logout.