Not sure it works, but you can try:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/335785/how-do-i-run-cisco-packet-tracer-6-0-1

As i told you, not sure it works, but I hope it does.

Ha, in my univertisy any teacher would have just told me...
Use Windows, or at least a virtual machine...
Glad I was able to help :)

I finally got packet tracer 6.1.1 working on ubuntu 14.04 64-Bit.

First you can right click on the tar.gz file and click extract here or press ctrl+alt+t (opens terminal) and run these commands to install.  On step 2 just type in Cisco and then press tab and it will fill it in for you.

1. cd ./Downloads
2. tar -xzf Cisco\ Packet\ Tracer\ 6.1.1\ for\ Linux\ -\ Ubuntu\ installation\ \(no\ tutorials\)\ -\ Student\ version.tar.gz
3. cd PacketTracer611Student/
4. ./install

During the install just keep the default locations and answer yes to every question.

If you are using ubuntu 64-bit it wont load because it was missing ia32-libs.  In order to get it back in 14.04 you have to add a repo.

Commands

sudo -i
cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d
echo "deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted universe multiverse" >ia32-libs-raring.list
apt-get update
apt-get install ia32-libs

answer yes to install the new packages (tons of them for 386 support).  It will run for some time.

after it was done, it started right up.  I would remove the ia32-libs-raring.list file after you install it because it will not be updated at a later date.

after it's all installed you can run the command, listed below, in a new terminal (dont use the one from adding the repo because it is root)

• packettracer

I wouldn't use Ubuntu 14.04 because of that bug out that puts Ubuntu and Apple's OS X  vunerable.  I use Ubuntu 14.1 beta2!

Shane,

That has already been patched by tons of the distros.  You can check by running

• env x='() { :;}; echo vulnerable' bash -c "echo this is a test"

if the output has the word vulnerable in it, you are not patched.

I've tried Obie's tutorial on kali linux and everything works well. Until I typed packettracer in terminal and nothing happened. Just a sentence "Starting Packet Tracer 6.1" came out.

Any idea?

Hi there ,

Regarding the "Starting Packet Tracer 6.1" message when you are typing packettracer in terminal window and the program wont start :

Try setting execute permission to the PacketTracer6 file inside bin folder ( /opt/pt/bin )

I had the same issue , checked the file permissions and saw it wans't executable . For this you can try  running in terminal

chmod +x PacketTracer6

( when inside the /opt/pt/bin folder )

Take care

http://openpy.com/installing-and-running-packettracer-in-all-version-of-linux/

I'm pretty sure he meant PT 6.1.1 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS!

if you review the link.

How to install Packettracer 6.0.1 and 6.1 in Linux (ubuntu 14.04, fedora 20, linux mint, debian)

One minor thing, I did all the things but could not launch packettracer until I set packettracer installation folder permission to 777.

cd /opt

sudo chmod 777 pt -R

Error pops up saying permission error, and with this setting everything works fine.

To add a desktop launcher, create a .desktop file with relevant data.

After adding 32-libs as mentioned, setting permission if required, things will work out.