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Terraform ships as a single binary file. The examples below include installation information for popular operating systems.

For official instructions on installing Terraform, refer to Install Terraform ↗.

The easiest way to install Terraform on macOS is with Homebrew.

brew tap hashicorp/tap
brew install hashicorp/tap/terraform

You can install the terraform binary via your distribution's package manager. For example:

sudo apt install terraform

Alternatively, you can fetch a specific version directly and place the binary in your PATH:

wget -q https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.4.5/terraform_1.4.5_linux_amd64.zip

unzip terraform_1.4.5_linux_amd64.zip

Archive:  terraform_1.4.5_linux_amd64.zip
  inflating: terraform

sudo mv terraform /usr/local/bin/terraform

terraform version

Terraform v1.4.5

1. Download the 32 or 64-bit executable from the Download Terraform ↗ page.
2. Unzip and place terraform.exe somewhere in your path.

For additional installers, refer to the Download Terraform ↗ page.