APT Packages for Debian and Ubuntu

The primary distribution packages for Terraform are .zip archives containing single executable files that you can extract anywhere on your system. However, for easier integration with configuration management tools and other systematic system configuration strategies, we also offer package repositories for Debian and Ubuntu systems, which allow you to install Terraform using the apt install command or any other APT frontend.

If you are instead using Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, or Fedora, you might prefer to install Terraform from our Yum repositories.

Note: The APT repositories discussed on this page are generic HashiCorp repositories that contain packages for a variety of different HashiCorp products, rather than just Terraform. Adding these repositories to your system will, by default, therefore make several other non-Terraform packages available for installation. That might then mask some packages that are available for some HashiCorp products in the main Debian and Ubuntu package repositories.

Repository Configuration

Please follow the instructions in the Official Packaging Guide.

Supported Architectures

The HashiCorp APT server has packages only for the amd64 architecture, which is also sometimes known as x86_64.

There are no official packages available for other architectures, such as arm64. If you wish to use Terraform on a non-amd64 system, download a normal release .zip file instead.

Supported Debian and Ubuntu Releases

The HashiCorp APT server contains release repositories for a variety of supported distributions, which are outlined in the Official Packaging Guide.

Installing a Specific Version of Terraform

The HashiCorp APT repositories contain multiple versions of Terraform, but because the packages are all named terraform it is impossible to install more than one version at a time, and apt install will default to selecting the latest version.

It's often necessary to match your Terraform version with what a particular configuration is currently expecting. You can use the following command to see which versions are currently available in the repository index:

apt policy terraform

If your workflow requires using multiple versions of Terraform at the same time, for example when working through a gradual upgrade where not all of your configurations are upgraded yet, we recommend that you use the official release .zip files instead of the APT packages, so you can install multiple versions at once and then select which to use for each command you run.

Terraform 1.4.3 and Later

As of Terraform 1.4.3, all published packages include a revision number by default, starting with -1. This change means that in the case that we need to publish an updated package for any reason, installers can automatically retrieve the latest revision. You can learn more about this packaging change in the announcement.

You can install the latest revision for a particular version by including the version in the apt install command, as follows:

sudo apt install terraform=1.4.4-*

Terraform 1.4.2 and Earlier

Terraform 1.4.2 and earlier did not include a revision number for the first revision, so you can use the following pattern to install a specific version:

sudo apt install terraform=1.4.0