Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Installing Packet Tracer i386 in Linux 64-bit.

I've downloaded PacketTracer-5.2.bin and my first intention was to simply install it with: chmod +x .....bin   ./....bin However, the installation complains about inconsistent architecture. The workaround is to extract .deb package from this .bin file and then to force it to install it under 64-bit operating system.
For this to be accomplished, we need to begin the installation of .bin file and after EULA has been displayed, navigate to /tmp/selfextract.[randomNumber] and get the .deb file from this directory. Then simply force it to install without checking the architecture.
sudo dpkg -i --force-all ./PacketTracer-5.2-u.i386.deb

Enjoy!

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