How to Install and Uninstall packer Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "packer" package

This guide let you learn how to install packer on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "packer" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall packer on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the packer package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: packer
Source: packer (1.3.4+dfsg-4)
Version: 1.3.4+dfsg-4+b1
Installed-Size: 52509
Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2)
Recommends: docker.io, qemu
Suggests: ansible, chef
Description: tool for creating machine images for multiple platforms
Description-md5: ffeec1df4bb7d2193e9c0c34c90da994
Homepage: https://www.packer.io/
Built-Using: golang-1.11 (= 1.11.6-1), golang-github-aliyun-aliyun-oss-go-sdk (= 1.5.0+dfsg1-1), golang-github-armon-go-radix (= 1.0.0-1), golang-github-aws-aws-sdk-go (= 1.16.18+dfsg-1), golang-github-azure-go-ntlmssp (= 0.0~git20170206.0.29affce-1), golang-github-bgentry-speakeasy (= 0.1.0-1), golang-github-biogo-hts (= 1.0.1+dfsg1-2), golang-github-christrenkamp-goxpath (= 1.0~alpha3+git20170922.c385f95-1), golang-github-denverdino-aliyungo (= 0.0~git20180921.13fa8aa-1), golang-github-digitalocean-godo (= 1.1.0-1), golang-github-dylanmei-iso8601 (= 0.1.0-5), golang-github-google-go-cmp (= 0.2.0-1), golang-github-google-go-querystring (= 0.0~git20170111.0.53e6ce1-4), golang-github-google-shlex (= 0.0~git20150127.0.6f45313-2), golang-github-google-uuid (= 0.2-1), golang-github-gophercloud-gophercloud (= 0.0~git20180917.45f1c769-1), golang-github-hashicorp-errwrap (= 1.0.0-1), golang-github-hashicorp-go-checkpoint (= 0.0~git20171009.1545e56-2), golang-github-hashicorp-go-cleanhttp (= 0.5.0-1.1), golang-github-hashicorp-go-multierror (= 1.0.0-1), golang-github-hashicorp-go-uuid (= 1.0.0-1), golang-github-hashicorp-go-version (= 1.1.0-1), golang-github-hashicorp-yamux (= 0.0~git20180605.35205983-1), golang-github-jmespath-go-jmespath (= 0.2.2-2), golang-github-kardianos-osext (= 0.0~git20170510.0.ae77be6-6), golang-github-klauspost-compress (= 1.2.1-5), golang-github-klauspost-cpuid (= 1.2.0+dfsg1-1), golang-github-klauspost-crc32 (= 1.1-4), golang-github-klauspost-pgzip (= 1.1-1), golang-github-kr-fs (= 0.0~git20131111.0.2788f0d-2), golang-github-masterzen-simplexml (= 0.0~git20160608.0.4572e39-1), golang-github-masterzen-winrm (= 0.0~git20170601.0.1ca0ba6-3), golang-github-masterzen-xmlpath (= 0.0~git20140218.13f4951-3), golang-github-mattn-go-isatty (= 0.0.7+really0.0.4-1), golang-github-mattn-go-runewidth (= 0.0.4-1), golang-github-mitchellh-cli (= 0.0~git20171129.33edc47-2), golang-github-mitchellh-go-fs (= 0.0~git20161108.7bae45d-3), golang-github-mitchellh-go-vnc (= 0.0~git20150629.0.723ed98-4), golang-github-mitchellh-iochan (= 0.0~git20150529.0.87b45ff-3), golang-github-mitchellh-panicwrap (= 0.0~git20170106.fce601f-4), golang-github-mitchellh-prefixedio (= 0.0~git20151214.0.6e69540-4), golang-github-mitchellh-reflectwalk (= 0.0~git20170726.63d60e9-3), golang-github-nu7hatch-gouuid (= 0.0~git20131221.0.179d4d0-5), golang-github-pierrec-lz4 (= 0.0~git20170519.0.5a3d224-2), golang-github-pierrec-xxhash (= 0.1.1-4), golang-github-pkg-errors (= 0.8.1-1), golang-github-pkg-sftp (= 1.8.3-1), golang-github-posener-complete (= 1.1+git20180108.57878c9-3), golang-github-tent-http-link-go (= 0.0~git20130702.0.ac974c6-6), golang-github-ugorji-go-codec (= 1.1.1-1), golang-github-vmware-govmomi (= 0.15.0-1), golang-github-xanzy-go-cloudstack (= 2.1.1+git20160728.1.1e2cbf6-1), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.0~git20181203.505ab14-1), golang-golang-x-net-dev (= 1:0.0+git20181201.351d144+dfsg-3), golang-golang-x-oauth2 (= 0.0~git20180821.d2e6202-1), golang-golang-x-sync (= 0.0~git20171101.fd80eb9-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.0~git20190412.9773273+really0.0~git20181228.9a3f9b0-1), golang-google-api (= 0.0~git20180916.19ff876-2), golang-google-cloud (= 0.9.0-10), golang-gopkg-cheggaaa-pb.v1 (= 1.0.25-1), golang-x-text (= 0.3.0-2), winrmcp (= 0.0~git20170607.0.078cc0a-1)
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/packer/packer_1.3.4+dfsg-4+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 9575496
MD5sum: f637919fe251be1b407ce2feb20a408a
SHA256: 59185582377d210de92c323adb104d9532b9634a0a4dc56e37d2eb268ad923d6