.Deb file wrapped in a .Bin file (Cisco Packet Tracer)

smallfry · 2008-09-25 20:52:28

whats up Arch peeps

in my networking class we use Packet Tracer 5.0

Cisco created a debian version but they decided to put the file in the form of a .bin, probably to force you to agree with the EULA

when I run the bin file it goes through the EULA and then gives me the error

Self extracting archive...
./installer: line 24: dpkg: command not found

Welcome to Packet Tracer 5 Installation
Read the following End User License Agreement "EULA" carefully. You must accept the terms of this EULA to install and use Packet Tracer 5.0.
Press the Enter key to read the EULA.

blah blah blah

Do you accept the terms of this EULA? (Y)es/(N)o

You have accepted the terms to the EULA. Congratulations. Packet Tracer will now be installed.
Attempting to install package now
Password:
sudo: dpkg: command not found

does anyone have any suggestions as how I could about "extracting" the deb file and then hopefully doing a deb2targz on it?

-thanks

bender02 · 2008-09-25 21:48:14

Well, at the moment when it's asking for a password, the command being run is supposedly 'sudo dpkg <some filename which you want to find out>'. So at that moment, open another terminal and look for some temporary .deb file - most probably in the same dir as the one where you ran .bin, or in /tmp. That should be the deb you're looking for.

By the way, all this assuming that it's allowed by the EULA.

Or another possibility is getting dpkg, setting up sudo correctly, and letting the installer do the job.

pyther · 2008-09-25 23:02:56

Why are you using the debian version?
There should be a .tar.gz version which you can download and everything will work. As a matter of fact it is called

Packet Tracer v5.0 Application + Tutorial Generic
This is the complete Packet Tracer program including tutorials for generic Linux distributions with kernel versions 2.6 and above.

http://cisco.netacad.net/cnams/content/ … clude.html

smallfry · 2008-09-26 01:30:59

pyther wrote:

Why are you using the debian version?
There should be a .tar.gz version which you can download and everything will work. As a matter of fact it is called
Packet Tracer v5.0 Application + Tutorial Generic
This is the complete Packet Tracer program including tutorials for generic Linux distributions with kernel versions 2.6 and above.
http://cisco.netacad.net/cnams/content/ … clude.html

i've contacted my teacher about obtaining a tar.gz version, all he put up was a that .deb.

we are not prepping for any cisco exams, they just use this app in our curriculum, when I visit that link it requires a user name/pass

thanks for the tips

pyther · 2008-09-26 01:35:53

smallfry, email me using the form contact please...

TjPhysicist · 2008-09-26 02:17:20

try pkgextract from aur. and the following script....

#!/bin/bash
mkdir k
cd k
pkgextract.sh $1.deb
cd ..
mv k/ pkg/
echo "pkgname="$1>>PKGBUILD
echo "pkgver="$2>>PKGBUILD
echo "pkgrel=1">>PKGBUILD
echo "arch=(i686)">>PKGBUILD
echo "build()">>PKGBUILD
echo "{">>PKGBUILD
echo "echo "Building package"">>PKGBUILD
echo "}">>PKGBUILD

makepkg -R
cd ..
rm -rf pkg

Its very shabbily written, but you get the idea. a .deb file is a special archive that contains all the files that are to be installed in their exact locations, so i just transfer them to the pkg folder as if the makpkg had just build them and run the makepkg again to build the .pkg.tar.gz. Remember to use $1 = name of program as well as name of debian, and $2 is the version number, do not forget to rename .deb if appropriate or change the script. This way pacman gets to keep track of the package!!

-Tj

P.S: Idea from script as well as the makepkg script/program from aur are not mine, im not sure who's it is at this point however, but it's in aur.

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#1 2008-09-25 20:52:28

.Deb file wrapped in a .Bin file (Cisco Packet Tracer)

#2 2008-09-25 21:48:14

Re: .Deb file wrapped in a .Bin file (Cisco Packet Tracer)

#3 2008-09-25 23:02:56

Re: .Deb file wrapped in a .Bin file (Cisco Packet Tracer)

#4 2008-09-26 01:30:59

Re: .Deb file wrapped in a .Bin file (Cisco Packet Tracer)

#5 2008-09-26 01:35:53

Re: .Deb file wrapped in a .Bin file (Cisco Packet Tracer)

#6 2008-09-26 02:17:20

Re: .Deb file wrapped in a .Bin file (Cisco Packet Tracer)

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