How to Install Terraform on Debian 12 Bookworm - Complete Step-by-Step Guide

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gnupg software-properties-common
 
wget -O- https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | \
  sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg
 
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg] \
  https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com bookworm main" | \
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list
 
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install terraform

terraform -version

Terraform v1.12.x
on linux_amd64

terraform -install-autocomplete
source ~/.bashrc

TERRAFORM_VERSION=$(curl -s https://checkpoint-api.hashicorp.com/v1/check/terraform | grep -oP '"current_version":"\K[^"]+')
wget "https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/${TERRAFORM_VERSION}/terraform_${TERRAFORM_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip"
unzip "terraform_${TERRAFORM_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip"
sudo mv terraform /usr/local/bin/
terraform -version

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/tfutils/tfenv.git ~/.tfenv
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.tfenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
tfenv install latest
tfenv use latest

mkdir ~/terraform-demo && cd ~/terraform-demo
cat > main.tf << 'EOF'
terraform {
  required_providers {
    local = {
      source  = "hashicorp/local"
      version = "~> 2.0"
    }
  }
}
 
resource "local_file" "hello" {
  content  = "Hello from Terraform on Debian 12 Bookworm!"
  filename = "${path.module}/hello.txt"
}
EOF
 
terraform init
terraform apply -auto-approve
cat hello.txt

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade terraform

sudo apt-get remove terraform