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zettomon

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Registered: 2021-05-03

Posts: 15

Packet Tracer won't start

I'm trying to install packet tracer in newly installed Arch Linux with Xfce DE. So, I read the Arch Wiki and here are the steps I've done to install it -

I git-cloned the packet tracer repository from AUR
I then downloaded the .deb file from the official site and moved the file to the git-cloned folder, which contains PKGBUILD
Then I installed packettracer with 'makepkg -si'
The installation went smoothly without any errors and I've got the app, but whenever I try to run it, it won't start. So, I searched for its binary and ran it from the terminal using 'packettracer' and the process closed itself after printing out "Starting Packet Tracer 8.0.0".  (https://i.imgur.com/DQnHBzV.png)

I found a similar case here(https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=139237), and tried to follow that, un-commented 'multilib' to install lib32 stuffs although the packet tracer I installed was 64 version, I still have no luck.

I'm kinda new to Linux, I've only once installed Packet Tracer in Ubuntu, but there was no error. I would like to know if I'm missing something or if there's a way to diagnose and troubleshoot the problem.
I did even try to use Snapd to install that, the installation was successful but I couldn't find neither the Snap itself or the installed Packettracer (I know it's just me being new to this).
And I've uninstalled it, installed it like a couple of times.

zettomon

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Registered: 2021-05-03

Posts: 15

Re: Packet Tracer won't start

I could be wrong, but I installed 7.3.2 and it's just working fine. I think my problem is with the 8.0.0