How to Install and Uninstall jq Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "jq" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install jq on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "jq" package

Learn how to uninstall jq on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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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 jq package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: jq
Source: jq (1.5+dfsg-2)
Version: 1.5+dfsg-2+b1
Installed-Size: 101
Maintainer: ChangZhuo Chen (陳昌倬)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libjq1 (= 1.5+dfsg-2+b1), libc6 (>= 2.4), libonig5 (>= 6.8.1)
Description: lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor
Description-md5: fd8d7d97b13012ce68c52772c1ce56aa
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/stedolan/jq
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/j/jq/jq_1.5+dfsg-2+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 59432
MD5sum: e7ecac999610973e4f937ac2e04dfd7b
SHA256: 2ec640d5280101e70b6da3df254e06c10117d7baefdc3878af64e1b0f072fec5