docker-pt is a container for cisco's packet tracer program. Packet tracer is automatically installed in a container and can be conveniently used from there. Prerequisite is an XServer, which is provided to the container as a volume. Furthermore a current installation of docker.

1. Get the repository

git clone https://github.com:frzifus/docker-pt.git

2. Navigate to the repo

make build   # creates a docker image (packettracer)
make run     # starts packettracer
make shell   # opens a shell in the container
make clean   # removes packettracer image

If you receive an error like

QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display

your docker daemon isn't authorized to use your local XServer session. Fix:

xhost +local:docker

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