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Terraform Installation - Ubuntu & Windows

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In this article, we will look how we can install Terraform on Ubuntu using Homebrew and in Windows using Scoop

Ubuntu

Install some prerequisite packages

sudo apt update
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sudo apt install build-essential procps curl file git
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Install Homebrew using the provided convenience script

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
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Add Homebrew in our system PATH using the below commands

(echo; echo 'eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"') >> /home/ubuntu/.profile
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eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
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Verify the version and install the recommended gcc package

brew --version
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brew install gcc
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Turn off Homebrew anonymous aggregate user behavior analytics

brew analytics off
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Add the HashiCorp repository and install Terraform

brew tap hashicorp/tap
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brew install hashicorp/tap/terraform
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Verify the version

terraform -version
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Windows

Open a Powershell terminal (version 5.1 or above) and execute the below commands to install Scoop

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
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irm get.scoop.sh | iex
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Install Terraform and verify its version

scoop install terraform
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terraform -version
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Reference

https://brew.sh/

https://scoop.sh/

https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/downloads

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