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      A Flatpak manifest for Cisco's Packet Tracer.
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## About

This is a fork of [Flatpak manifest](https://github.com/losuler/com.cisco.PacketTracer) for [Cisco's Packet Tracer](https://www.netacad.com/courses/packet-tracer). The Deb package in which Cisco distributes their binary build of Packet Tracer is not included as the download link for and use of Packet Tracer itself requires a Netacad account, which can be bypassed with disabled networking.

## Changes from upstream
- Manifest changes:
    - Updated platforms (from 22.08 to 24.08)
    - Restricted permissions on network and filesystem (xdg-download/packettracer instead of xdg-download)
    - Added `QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb` envvar
- Makefile changes:
    - Added `install-deps` option


This is currently based on Packet Tracer 8.2.1 and is intended to track the latest release. For previous releases see [janymal/PacketTracer7-flatpak](https://github.com/janymal/PacketTracer7-flatpak) and [rpallai/flatpak-pt](https://github.com/rpallai/flatpak-pt).

## Building

1. Clone this repository.

    ```bash
    git clone https://gitea.linerds.us/unexplrd/com.cisco.PacketTracer
    ```

2. Download the official Deb package to the cloned repository (don't rename it).

    https://skillsforall.com/resources/lab-downloads

3. Pull dependencies and run build with Nix:

    ```bash
    nix-shell -p flatpak-builder appstream gnumake --run 'make install'
    ```
    or
    ```bash
    nix shell nixpkgs#{flatpak-builder,appstream,gnumake} -c make install
    ```

## Notes

- Do not remove the `.flatpak-builder` directory that is created during the build (while the Flatpak is installed) as it serves as the local Flatpak repository.