I'm having trouble installing Cisco Packet Tracer on my Ubuntu system due to unmet dependencies. Here’s a detailed description of the issue and the steps I have taken so far:
System Details:
OS: Ubuntu noble Packet Tracer Version: 8.2.2 Installer File: Packet_Tracer822_amd64_signed.deb Issue: When I attempt to install Packet Tracer using the dpkg command, I encounter the following errors:
$ sudo dpkg -i Packet_Tracer822_amd64_signed.deb
Selecting previously unselected package packettracer.
(Reading database ... 429297 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack Packet_Tracer822_amd64_signed.deb ...
Unpacking packettracer (8.2.2) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of packettracer:
packettracer depends on libgl1-mesa-glx; however:
Package libgl1-mesa-glx is not installed.
packettracer depends on libxcb-xinerama0-dev; however:
Package libxcb-xinerama0-dev is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package packettracer (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (2.4-4) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
packettracer
Steps Taken:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libgl1-mesa-glx libxcb-xinerama0
Package libgl1-mesa-glx is not available, but is referred to by another package.
However, this returns:
Request: Could anyone provide guidance on how to successfully install Packet Tracer on my Ubuntu system? Specifically, how can I resolve the unmet dependencies for libgl1-mesa-glx and libxcb-xinerama0-dev?
Thank you in advance for your help!
