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Instalar Packet Tracer de Cisco

Packet Tracer es un simulador de redes con el que crear, practicar, interactuar y programar.
Es una herramienta de Cisco para su Networking Academy.
La aplicaci贸n es multi-plataforma y en este caso explicar茅 como instalarlo bajo plataforma Linux resulta siempre 馃様 m谩s complicado.

La inscripci贸n en gratuita, pero obligatoria para descargar la aplicaci贸n y su posterior utilizaci贸n.


Descomprimimos descargado:
tar -xzvf Packet Tracer 7.2 for Linux 64 bit.tar.gz -C /cisco
Accedemos a la carpeta cisco y  ejecutamos el instalador:
./install
Welcome to Cisco Packet Tracer 7.2 Installation
Read the following End User License Agreement "EULA" carefully. You must accept the terms of this EULA to install and use Cisco Packet Tracer.
Press the Enter key to read the EULA.

                                                Cisco Packet Tracer
                                             Software License Agreement
IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THIS CISCO PACKET TRACER SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT (THE
"AGREEMENT") CAREFULLY.  DOWNLOADING, INSTALLING OR USING THE CISCO PACKET TRACE
R SOFTWARE CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.  IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL
 OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, THEN CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. ("CISCO") IS UNWILLING
 TO LICENSE THE SOFTWARE TO YOU AND YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO DOWNLOAD, INSTALL
OR USE THE SOFTWARE.
I. DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS.  The terms in this Section I (Distribution Rights) 
Deberemos aceptar los terminos de uso de la aplicaci贸n ⇪

Por defecto colocar谩 nuestra instalaci贸n en el directorio...
Nos solicitar谩 privilegios de administraci贸n si confiamos en realizar la instalaci贸n en la ubicaci贸n predeterminada.
You have accepted the terms to the EULA. Congratulations. Packet Tracer will now be installed.
Enter location to install Cisco Packet Tracer or press enter for default [/opt/pt]:
[sudo] contrase帽a para <usuario>:         
Installing into /opt/pt
Not able to create and copy files to /opt/pt
Should we try to gain root access with sudo? [Yn] y
Installing into /opt/pt
Copied all files successfully to /opt/pt
Crear谩 un enlace  simb贸lico para facilitar el arranque de la aplicaci贸n
Should we create a symbolic link "packettracer" in /usr/local/bin for easy Cisco Packet Tracer startup? [Yn] y
Paso final:
Type "packettracer" in a terminal to start Cisco Packet Tracer
Writing PT7HOME environment variable to /etc/profile
Writing QT_DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO environment variable to /etc/profile
Cisco Packet Tracer 7.2 installed successfully
Please restart you computer for the Packet Tracer settings to take effect

Para poder utilizar la aplicaci贸n Packet Tracer tenemos que satisfacer sus pendencias instalando la librer铆a libpng 12
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libp/libpng/libpng12-0_1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.3_amd64.deb
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libp/libpng/libpng12-0_1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.3_i386.deb 

Realizamos la instalaci贸n de acuerdo con la arquitectura de nuestro dispositivo 32 贸 64 bits
dpkg -i libpng12-0_1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.3_amd64.deb
Una vez reiniciemos nuestro equipo lanzaremos la aplicaci贸n:
packettracer