How To Install packer on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install packer on Debian 10.
What is packer
packer is:
Packer is an open source tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration. Packer is lightweight, runs on every major operating system, and is highly performant, creating machine images for multiple platforms in parallel. Packer does not replace configuration management like Chef or Puppet. In fact, when building images, Packer is able to use tools like Chef or Puppet to install software onto the image.
A machine image is a single static unit that contains a pre-configured operating system and installed software which is used to quickly create new running machines. Machine image formats change for each platform. Some examples include AMIs for EC2, VMDK/VMX files for VMware, OVF exports for VirtualBox, etc.
For the documentation of Packer, please see https://www.packer.io/docs.
There are three methods to install packer on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install packer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install packer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install packer
Install packer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install packer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install packer
Install packer Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install packer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install packer
How To Uninstall packer on Debian 10
To uninstall only the packer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove packer
Uninstall packer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall packer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove packer
Remove packer Configurations and Data
To remove packer configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge packer
Remove packer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove packer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge packer
Dependencies
packer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install packer package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.