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page_title: APT Packages for Debian and Ubuntu
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description: >-
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The HashiCorp APT repositories contain distribution-specific Terraform
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packages for both Debian and Ubuntu systems.
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---
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# APT Packages for Debian and Ubuntu
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The primary distribution packages for Terraform are `.zip` archives containing
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single executable files that you can extract anywhere on your system. However,
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for easier integration with configuration management tools and other systematic
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system configuration strategies, we also offer package repositories for
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Debian and Ubuntu systems, which allow you to install Terraform using the
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`apt install` command or any other APT frontend.
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If you are instead using Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, or Fedora, you
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might prefer to [install Terraform from our Yum repositories](/cli/install/yum).
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-> **Note:** The APT repositories discussed on this page are generic HashiCorp
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repositories that contain packages for a variety of different HashiCorp
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products, rather than just Terraform. Adding these repositories to your
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system will, by default, therefore make several other non-Terraform
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packages available for installation. That might then mask some packages that
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are available for some HashiCorp products in the main Debian and Ubuntu
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package repositories.
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## Repository Configuration
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The Terraform packages are signed using a private key controlled by HashiCorp,
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so in most situations the first step would be to configure your system to trust
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that HashiCorp key for package authentication. For example:
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```bash
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curl -fsSL https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
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```
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After registering the key, you can add the official HashiCorp repository to
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your system:
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```bash
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sudo apt-add-repository "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main"
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```
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The above command line uses the following sub-shell commands:
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* `dpkg --print-architecture` to determine your system's primary APT
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architecture/ABI, such as `amd64`.
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* `lsb_release -cs` to find the distribution release codename for your current
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system, such as `buster`, `groovy`, or `sid`.
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To install Terraform from the new repository:
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```bash
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sudo apt update
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sudo apt install terraform
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```
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## Supported Architectures
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The HashiCorp APT server currently has packages only for the `amd64`
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architecture, which is also sometimes known as `x86_64`.
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There are no official packages available for other architectures, such as
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`arm64`. If you wish to use Terraform on a non-`amd64` system,
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[download a normal release `.zip` file](/downloads) instead.
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## Supported Debian and Ubuntu Releases
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The HashiCorp APT server currently contains release repositories for the
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following distribution releases:
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* Debian 8 (`jessie`)
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* Debian 9 (`stretch`)
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* Debian 10 (`buster`)
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* Debian 11 (`bullseye`)
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* Ubuntu 16.04 (`xenial`)
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* Ubuntu 18.04 (`bionic`)
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* Ubuntu 19.10 (`eoam`)
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* Ubuntu 20.04 (`focal`)
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* Ubuntu 20.10 (`groovy`)
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* Ubuntu 21.04 (`hirsute`)
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* Ubuntu 21.10 (`impish`)
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No repositories are available for other Debian or Ubuntu versions or
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any other APT-based Linux distributions. If you add the repository using
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the above commands on other systems then `apt update` will report the
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repository index as missing.
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Terraform executables are statically linked and so they depend only on the
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Linux system call interface, not on any system libraries. Because of that,
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you may be able to use one of the above release codenames when adding a
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repository to your system, even if that codename doesn't match your current
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distribution release.
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Over time we will change the set of supported distributions, including both
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adding support for new releases and ceasing to publish new Terraform versions
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under older releases.
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## Choosing Terraform Versions
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The HashiCorp APT repositories contain multiple versions of Terraform, but
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because the packages are all named `terraform` it is impossible to install
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more than one version at a time, and `apt install` will default to selecting
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the latest version.
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It's often necessary to match your Terraform version with what a particular
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configuration is currently expecting. You can use the following command to
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see which versions are currently available in the repository index:
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```bash
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apt policy terraform
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```
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There may be multiple package releases for a particular Terraform version if
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we need to publish an updated package for any reason. In that case, the
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subsequent releases will have an additional suffix, like `0.13.4-2`. In these
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cases, the Terraform executable inside the package should be unchanged, but its
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metadata and other contents may be different.
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You can select a specific version to install by including it in the
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`apt install` command line, as follows:
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```bash
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sudo apt install terraform=0.14.0
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```
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If your workflow requires using multiple versions of Terraform at the same
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time, for example when working through a gradual upgrade where not all
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of your configurations are upgraded yet, we recommend that you use the
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official release `.zip` files instead of the APT packages, so you can install
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multiple versions at once and then select which to use for each command you
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run.
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