How to Install and Uninstall packer Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "packer" package

Please follow the guidance below to install packer on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install packer

2. Uninstall "packer" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall packer on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):

$ sudo apt remove packer $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the packer package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: packer
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.4+dfsg-1
Built-Using: golang-1.8 (= 1.8.3-2ubuntu1), golang-github-aliyun-aliyun-oss-go-sdk (= 1.5.0+dfsg1-1), golang-github-armon-go-radix (= 0.0~git20150602.0.fbd82e8-2), golang-github-aws-aws-sdk-go (= 1.4.22+dfsg-1), golang-github-azure-azure-sdk-for-go (= 10.3.0~beta-1), golang-github-azure-go-autorest (= 8.3.1-1), 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-denverdino-aliyungo (= 0.0~git20170721.0.80ceb80-1), golang-github-dgrijalva-jwt-go-v3 (= 3.0.0+v3-1), golang-github-digitalocean-godo (= 1.1.0-1), golang-github-dylanmei-iso8601 (= 0.1.0-1), golang-github-go-ini-ini (= 1.28.2-1), golang-github-google-go-querystring (= 0.0~git20170111.0.53e6ce1-1), golang-github-google-shlex (= 0.0~git20150127.0.6f45313-2), golang-github-gophercloud-gophercloud (= 0.0~git20170728.0.0118feec-1), golang-github-hashicorp-atlas-go (= 0.0~git20170619.0.1ea2527-1), golang-github-hashicorp-errwrap (= 0.0~git20141028.0.7554cd9-2), golang-github-hashicorp-go-checkpoint (= 0.0~git20170624.a8d0786-1), golang-github-hashicorp-go-cleanhttp (= 0.0~git20160217.0.875fb67-1), golang-github-hashicorp-go-multierror (= 0.0~git20161216.0.ed90515+ds-1), golang-github-hashicorp-go-rootcerts (= 0.0~git20160503.0.6bb64b3-1), golang-github-hashicorp-go-uuid (= 0.0~git20160311.0.d610f28-2), golang-github-hashicorp-go-version (= 0.0~git20150915.0.2b9865f-1), golang-github-hashicorp-yamux (= 0.0~git20151129.0.df94978-2), golang-github-jmespath-go-jmespath (= 0.2.2-2), golang-github-kardianos-osext (= 0.0~git20170510.0.ae77be6-3), golang-github-klauspost-compress (= 1.2.1-1), golang-github-klauspost-cpuid (= 1.1+dfsg1-1), golang-github-klauspost-crc32 (= 1.1-1), 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~git20170601.0.1ca0ba6-2), golang-github-masterzen-xmlpath (= 0.0~git20140218.13f4951-3), golang-github-mattn-go-isatty (= 0.0.2-1), golang-github-mitchellh-cli (= 0.0~git20160203.0.5c87c51-2), golang-github-mitchellh-go-fs (= 0.0~git20150611.0.a34c1b9-1), golang-github-mitchellh-go-homedir (= 0.0~git20161203.0.b8bc1bf-1), golang-github-mitchellh-go-vnc (= 0.0~git20150629.0.723ed98-1), golang-github-mitchellh-iochan (= 0.0~git20150529.0.87b45ff-3), golang-github-mitchellh-mapstructure (= 0.0~git20170523.0.d0303fe-1), golang-github-mitchellh-multistep (= 0.0~git20140407.0.162146f-1), golang-github-mitchellh-panicwrap (= 0.0~git20151215.0.a1e50bc-1), golang-github-mitchellh-prefixedio (= 0.0~git20151214.0.6e69540-1), golang-github-mitchellh-reflectwalk (= 0.0~git20161004.0.9ad27c4-1), golang-github-nu7hatch-gouuid (= 0.0~git20131221.0.179d4d0-1), golang-github-pierrec-lz4 (= 0.0~git20170519.0.5a3d224-2), golang-github-pierrec-xxhash (= 0.1.1-1), golang-github-pkg-errors (= 0.8.0+git20170505.5.c605e28-1), golang-github-pkg-sftp (= 0.0~git20170704.0.e97b9a4-1), golang-github-satori-go.uuid (= 1.1.0-3), golang-github-tent-http-link-go (= 0.0~git20130702.0.ac974c6-2), golang-github-ugorji-go-codec (= 0.0~git20151130.0.357a44b-1), golang-github-xanzy-go-cloudstack (= 2.1.1+git20160728.1.1e2cbf6-1), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.0~git20170629.0.5ef0053-1ubuntu1), golang-golang-x-net-dev (= 1:0.0+git20170629.c81e7f2+dfsg-1ubuntu1), golang-golang-x-oauth2 (= 0.0~git20170901.d89af98-1), golang-google-api (= 0.0~git20170907.b1ecfb3-1), golang-google-cloud (= 0.5.0-2), golang-gopkg-xmlpath.v2 (= 0.0~git20150820.0.860cbec-1), golang-x-text (= 0.0~git20170627.0.6353ef0-1ubuntu1), winrmcp (= 0.0~git20170607.0.078cc0a-1)
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 29220
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Recommends: docker.io, qemu
Suggests: ansible, chef
Filename: pool/universe/p/packer/packer_1.0.4+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 5738892
MD5sum: 569d7564c2459dad84b766796f238e17
SHA1: bed99f0ea6c521f8b8c46c66c61109ded5d36d3b
SHA256: 52ef03a334b3e06c8f710e1c86a538c920a83b7f01622665f6e15f515f9a403d
Homepage: https://www.packer.io/
Description: tool for creating machine images for multiple platforms
Description-md5: ffeec1df4bb7d2193e9c0c34c90da994