Steps to install terraform on Ubuntu / Ubuntu cloud server :

1. Install unzip

   sudo apt-get install unzip
   

2. Download latest version of the terraform

   wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/0.11.13/terraform_0.11.13_linux_amd64.zip
   

3. Extract the downloaded file archive

   unzip terraform_0.11.13_linux_amd64.zip
   

4. Move the executable into a directory searched for executables

   sudo mv terraform /usr/local/bin/
   

5. Run it

   terraform --version

aryan@aryan-VirtualBox:~$ sudo apt-get install unzip
[sudo] password for aryan:
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
unzip is already the newest version (6.0-21ubuntu1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
aryan@aryan-VirtualBox:~$ wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/0.11.13/terraform_0.11.13_linux_amd64.zip
–2019-05-03 11:59:38– https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/0.11.13/terraform_0.11.13_linux_amd64.zip
Resolving releases.hashicorp.com (releases.hashicorp.com)… 151.101.1.183, 151.101.193.183, 151.101.129.183, …
Connecting to releases.hashicorp.com (releases.hashicorp.com)|151.101.1.183|:443… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 21128942 (20M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘terraform_0.11.13_linux_amd64.zip’

terraform_0.11.13_l 100%[===================>] 20.15M 69.3MB/s in 0.3s

2019-05-03 11:59:38 (69.3 MB/s) – ‘terraform_0.11.13_linux_amd64.zip’ saved [21128942/21128942]

aryan@aryan-VirtualBox:~$ unzip terraform_0.11.13_linux_amd64.zip
Archive: terraform_0.11.13_linux_amd64.zip
inflating: terraform
aryan@aryan-VirtualBox:~$ sudo mv terraform /usr/local/bin/
aryan@aryan-VirtualBox:~$ terraform –version
Terraform v0.11.13