**Cisco Packet tracer** is a powerful network simulator tool which used to trained while we do some Cisco certifications. It provide us good Interface view for every router’s, and networking devices which with many options same as using the physical machines we can use unlimited devices in a network. We can create multiple network in single project to get trained like a professionals. packet tracer will provide us with simulated application layer protocols such as **HTTP**, **DNS**, Routing with **RIP**, **OSPF**, **EIGRP** etc.
Now it has been released including **ASA 5505 firewall** with command line configurations. Packet tracer available commonly for Windows, but not for Linux distributions. Here we can download and get install Cisco package tracer.
#### Newly released version of Cisco packet tracer: ####
The next Cisco Packet Tracer version will be Cisco Packet Tracer 6.2 currently it’s under development.
### Step 1: First we need to download the Cisco Packet tracer. ###
To download Packet Tracer from official website we need to have a token, sign into Cisco NetSpace and select CCNA > Cisco Packet Tracer from the Offerings menu to start the download. If we don’t have a token you can get from below link which i have uploaded in Dropbox.
Official Website: [https://www.netacad.com/][1]
Many of them don’t have a token to download packet tracer. For that i have uploaded it in dropbox you can get packet tracer from below URL.
To get install packet tracer we need to have install Java, To get install java we can use the default or add the PPA repository and update the package cache to get install java.
Set the environment for java by editing the profile file and add the location. While we adding in profile file java will available for every user’s in our machine.
# sudo vi /etc/profile
Add the following entries to the bottom of your /etc/profile file:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jre1.8.0_31
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jre1.8.0_31/bin
Run the below command to activate java path immediately.
To working with Package tracer we need to set the environment for that Cisco have provided the environment script, We need to run the script using root user to set the environment variable.
