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Ubuntu 16.04

1. Download Packer

wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/0.12.0/packer_0.12.0_linux_amd64.zip

2. Extract and move Packer distribution to /usr/local/packer

unzip packer_0.12.0_linux_amd64.zip -d packer
sudo mv packer /usr/local/

3. Add Packer to the PATH

export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/packer"
source /etc/environment

4. Verify the installation

packer --version


Ubuntu 18.04

export VER="1.5.1"
wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/${VER}/packer_${VER}_linux_amd64.zip
unzip packer_${VER}_linux_amd64.zip
sudo mv packer /usr/local/bin
packer --version
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