How to Install and Uninstall packer Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the packer on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "packer" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install packer on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "packer" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall packer on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: packer
Source: packer (1.6.6+ds2-1)
Version: 1.6.6+ds2-1+b1
Installed-Size: 104930
Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: ansible, docker.io, qemu-system
Description: tool for creating machine images for multiple platforms
Description-md5: ffeec1df4bb7d2193e9c0c34c90da994
Homepage: https://www.packer.io/
Built-Using: golang-1.19 (= 1.19.8-2), golang-github-agext-levenshtein (= 1.2.3-2), golang-github-aliyun-aliyun-oss-go-sdk (= 1.5.0+dfsg1-2), golang-github-apparentlymart-go-cidr (= 1.1.0-2), golang-github-apparentlymart-go-textseg (= 13.0.0-1), golang-github-armon-go-metrics (= 0.3.4-1), golang-github-armon-go-radix (= 1.0.0-2), golang-github-aws-aws-sdk-go (= 1.44.133-1), golang-github-azure-azure-sdk-for-go (= 68.0.0-2), golang-github-azure-go-autorest (= 14.2.0+git20220726.711dde1-1), golang-github-azure-go-ntlmssp (= 0.0~git20220621.cb9428e-1), golang-github-badgerodon-collections (= 0.0~git20130729.604e922-4), golang-github-beorn7-perks (= 1.0.1-1), golang-github-bgentry-go-netrc (= 0.0~git20140422.9fd32a8-1), golang-github-bgentry-speakeasy (= 0.1.0-2), golang-github-biogo-hts (= 1.4.4+dfsg1-1), golang-github-bmatcuk-doublestar (= 2.0.4-2), golang-github-cespare-xxhash (= 2.1.1-2), golang-github-christrenkamp-goxpath (= 1.0~alpha3+git20170922.c385f95-2), golang-github-chzyer-readline (= 1.4.39.g2972be2-3), golang-github-dgrijalva-jwt-go (= 3.2.0-4), golang-github-digitalocean-go-libvirt (= 0.0~git20221122.e3cbf86-1), golang-github-digitalocean-go-qemu (= 0.0~git20221209.f035778-2), golang-github-digitalocean-godo (= 1.37.0-2), golang-github-dimchansky-utfbom (= 1.1.1-1), golang-github-dylanmei-iso8601 (= 0.1.0-7), golang-github-fatih-color (= 1.7.0-1), golang-github-gobwas-glob (= 0.2.3+git20180208.19c076c-2), golang-github-gofrs-flock (= 0.8.1-1), golang-github-gofrs-uuid (= 4.3.1-1), golang-github-golang-groupcache (= 0.0~git20200121.8c9f03a-2), golang-github-golang-jwt-jwt (= 4.4.3-1), golang-github-golang-protobuf-1-3 (= 1.3.5-4), golang-github-golang-snappy (= 0.0.2-3), golang-github-google-go-cmp (= 0.5.9-1), golang-github-google-go-querystring (= 1.1.0-2), golang-github-google-shlex (= 0.0~git20191202.e7afc7f-1), golang-github-google-uuid (= 1.3.0-1), golang-github-googleapis-gax-go (= 2.0.5-4), golang-github-gophercloud-gophercloud (= 0.12.0-1), golang-github-gophercloud-utils (= 0.0~git20200508.b0167b9-3), golang-github-hashicorp-errwrap (= 1.1.0-1), golang-github-hashicorp-go-checkpoint (= 0.5.0-3), golang-github-hashicorp-go-cleanhttp (= 0.5.2-1), golang-github-hashicorp-go-hclog (= 0.11.0-1), golang-github-hashicorp-go-immutable-radix (= 1.3.1-3), golang-github-hashicorp-go-multierror (= 1.1.1-2), golang-github-hashicorp-go-retryablehttp (= 0.7.1-1), golang-github-hashicorp-go-rootcerts (= 1.0.2-2), golang-github-hashicorp-go-safetemp (= 1.0.0-3), golang-github-hashicorp-go-sockaddr (= 1.0.2-2), golang-github-hashicorp-go-uuid (= 1.0.2-2), golang-github-hashicorp-go-version (= 1.3.0-1), golang-github-hashicorp-golang-lru (= 0.5.4-2), golang-github-hashicorp-serf (= 0.9.4~ds1-1), golang-github-hashicorp-yamux (= 0.0+git20190923.df201c7-1), golang-github-hetznercloud-hcloud-go (= 1.35.3-1), golang-github-jmespath-go-jmespath (= 0.4.0-2), golang-github-json-iterator-go (= 1.1.12-1), golang-github-klauspost-compress (= 1.15.12+ds1-3), golang-github-klauspost-pgzip (= 1.2.5-2), golang-github-kr-fs (= 0.1.0-2), golang-github-masterzen-simplexml (= 0.0~git20190410.31eea30-1), golang-github-masterzen-winrm (= 0.0~git20200615.c42b513-2), golang-github-mattn-go-colorable (= 0.1.13-1), golang-github-mattn-go-isatty (= 0.0.17-1), golang-github-mattn-go-runewidth (= 0.0.14-1), golang-github-mattn-go-tty (= 0.0.3-2), golang-github-mitchellh-cli (= 1.1.1-1), golang-github-mitchellh-go-fs (= 0.0~git20180402.b7b9ca4-2), golang-github-mitchellh-go-homedir (= 1.1.0-1), golang-github-mitchellh-go-testing-interface (= 1.14.1-1), golang-github-mitchellh-go-vnc (= 0.0~git20150629.723ed98-2), golang-github-mitchellh-go-wordwrap (= 1.0.1-2), golang-github-mitchellh-iochan (= 1.0.0-3), golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure (= 1.5.0-2), golang-github-mitchellh-panicwrap (= 0.0~git20191104.b3f3dc3-1), golang-github-mitchellh-prefixedio (= 0.0~git20190213.5733675-2), golang-github-mitchellh-reflectwalk (= 1.0.1-1), golang-github-modern-go-concurrent (= 1.0.3-1.1), golang-github-modern-go-reflect2 (= 1.0.2-2), golang-github-olekukonko-tablewriter (= 0.0.5-2), golang-github-pierrec-lz4 (= 2.5.2-2), golang-github-pkg-errors (= 0.9.1-2), golang-github-pkg-sftp (= 1.13.5-2), golang-github-posener-complete (= 1.2.3-2), golang-github-prometheus-client-golang (= 1.14.0-3), golang-github-prometheus-client-model (= 0.3.0-3), golang-github-prometheus-common (= 0.39.0-2), golang-github-prometheus-procfs (= 0.8.0-3), golang-github-rivo-uniseg (= 0.4.2-1), golang-github-ryanuber-go-glob (= 1.0.0-2), golang-github-satori-go.uuid (= 1.2.0-3), golang-github-shirou-gopsutil (= 3.22.10-1), golang-github-tklauser-go-sysconf (= 0.3.9-2), golang-github-tklauser-numcpus (= 0.3.0-2), golang-github-ugorji-go-codec (= 1.2.8-1), golang-github-ulikunitz-xz (= 0.5.6-2), golang-github-vmware-govmomi (= 0.24.2-3), golang-github-xanzy-go-cloudstack (= 2.9.0-1), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.4.0-1), golang-go.opencensus (= 0.24.0-1), golang-golang-x-net (= 1:0.7.0+dfsg-1), golang-golang-x-oauth2 (= 0.3.0-1), golang-golang-x-sync (= 0.1.0-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.3.0-1), golang-golang-x-term (= 0.3.0-1), golang-golang-x-text (= 0.7.0-1), golang-golang-x-time (= 0.3.0-1), golang-google-api (= 0.61.0-1), golang-google-cloud (= 0.56.0-3), golang-google-genproto (= 0.0~git20200413.b5235f6-3), golang-google-grpc (= 1.33.3-2), golang-google-protobuf (= 1.28.1-3), golang-gopkg-cheggaaa-pb.v1 (= 1.0.25-1), golang-gopkg-ini.v1 (= 1.66.2-1), golang-gopkg-square-go-jose.v2 (= 2.6.0-2), golang-protobuf-extensions (= 1.0.1-3), golang-yaml.v2 (= 2.4.0-4), winrmcp (= 0.0~git20180921.c76d91c-2)
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/packer/packer_1.6.6+ds2-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 16876180
MD5sum: 439162de9266074c3e8be38078bdbee7
SHA256: 7b690f62b30ba76e14769c4d40a2b883e1be6807c95f7fca22190c6f319c18c5