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I'm currently running ubuntu, and up until now i have been able to install programs using apt=get and each time i have the program has been put in the applications menu at the top, which i can then drag as an icon onto the bar.

The problem is, recently a new version of packet tracer came out, so I downloaded it. Not knowing how to install a .bin it took me a little time to find out that it is far from simple. First i had to chmod 755 the file so that i had permission to install it, and then to install it i had to type ./filename, i couldnt simply type filename. Once installed I now had to figure out where it installed to so that i could run it, checking the preferenced in synaptic package manger i found it was in /usr/local/PacketTracer5/.

From there I can just type packettracer to run it, but going to that location every single time i want to run it is just an annoyance. Is there any way i can make a shortcut so i can just click an icon in my bar at the top of the screen?

Edit: to save creating a new thread, does anyone know why the font displayed in packet tracer is distorted? almost as if the font has been shrunk slightly, causing jagged and distorted lettering.

 

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Thanks for the help everyone, I now can easily run packet tracer whenever I wish now, as well as I now know how to set up a shortcut again in the future if i ever have to

Just had a quick google on the font thing, have you tried this?

http://ruben.jenster.eu/?q=node/16

I just tried that and it seems to have stoped packet tracer from loading. If i comment out the section it says to, when i try run packet tracer the terminal just says "starting packet tracer 5.2", but then just says in the terminal and the program doesn't run.

 

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Wait, what?

You installed it from an executable installer file (much like how windows installers work), the package manager should have no idea that the program exists. So I'm not sure how you manages to get synaptic to tell you where it is.

I just typed packettracer into the quick search box of synaptic package manager and it shows packet tracer there. I wasn't sure if it would even show as I didnt install it through the package manager, but it is there, and provided me with the information i needed to know where it was installed.