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page_title: APT Packages for Debian and Ubuntu
description: >-
  The HashiCorp APT repositories contain distribution-specific Terraform
  packages for both Debian and Ubuntu systems.
---

# 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](/cli/install/yum).

-> **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](https://www.hashicorp.com/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](/downloads) 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](https://www.hashicorp.com/official-packaging-guide).


## Choosing Terraform Versions

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:

```bash
apt policy terraform
```

There may be multiple package releases for a particular Terraform version if
we need to publish an updated package for any reason. In that case, the
subsequent releases will have an additional suffix, like `0.13.4-2`. In these
cases, the Terraform executable inside the package should be unchanged, but its
metadata and other contents may be different.

You can select a specific version to install by including it in the
`apt install` command line, as follows:

```bash
sudo apt install terraform=0.14.0
```

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.