How to Install and Uninstall jq Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the jq on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "jq" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install jq on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall jq on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: jq
Version: 1.6-2.1
Installed-Size: 110
Maintainer: ChangZhuo Chen (陳昌倬)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libjq1 (= 1.6-2.1), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Description: lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor
Description-md5: fd8d7d97b13012ce68c52772c1ce56aa
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/stedolan/jq
Tag: implemented-in::c, role::program, works-with-format::json
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/j/jq/jq_1.6-2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 64932
MD5sum: 43e6a9d43f5ee64efc9b5a83754e3b74
SHA256: d1833fdd7a1340b59c71c223178940044fc41a8c8e28861bc03ab258d791d303