Can't install latest packer

Packer
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can’t install packer in ubuntu 18.04. The same commands are fine last month

follow the official document: Install Packer | Packer | HashiCorp Developer

$ apt-add-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main"
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Ign:3 https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com bionic InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Err:5 https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com bionic Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 18.67.93.76 443]
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com bionic Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

If I ignore the error (404 Not Found [IP: 18.67.93.76 443]), I can’t install the latest packer

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install packer
$ packer version
Packer v1.0.4
$  apt-get install -y packer=1.9.1-1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Version '1.9.1-1' for 'packer' was not found
$ apt-get install -y packer=1.11.0-1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Version '1.11.0-1' for 'packer' was not found
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Hi @ozbillwang,

Bionic and Xenial are now unsupported, you will need to use the archive repo to install Packer from.

I’ll link you to another port someone made yesterday (when the deprecation happened internally): Ubuntu 16 (xenial) and Ubuntu 18 (bionic) now abandoned?

There’s a link to our Packaging guide with instructions on how to use the archive repo.

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Thanks.

I finally fixed the issue with another approach.

      sudo apt install -y unzip
      sudo wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/1.11.0/packer_1.11.0_linux_amd64.zip
      sudo unzip packer_1.11.0_linux_amd64.zip
      sudo chmod +x packer
      sudo mv packer /usr/bin/packer
      packer version