[SOLVED] Error when installing Terraform Err:5 404 Not Found

Issue

I am using LMDE 4 Debbie and I am trying to install Terraform on my laptop

I am following steps defined in https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/terraform/install-cli

And when I run sudo apt updated I am getting the following error

 Err:5 https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com debbie Release                                                                                                                
  404  Not Found [IP: 2a04:4e42:25::561 443]

and also when I try to install it says not found

$ sudo apt install terraform
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package terraform

Solution

debbie is likely the return of lsb_release -cs, and you need to replace that with a valid Debian distribution to subscribe to an existing apt repo. LMDE 4 is based on buster, so you can use the command:

sudo apt-add-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com buster main"

instead of the return of lsb_release -cs for the distro. That should fix your issue.

Answered By - Matt Schuchard