How to Install and Uninstall jq Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "jq" package

This guide let you learn how to install jq on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall jq on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

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
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/j/jq/jq_1.6-2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 64932
MD5sum: 43e6a9d43f5ee64efc9b5a83754e3b74
SHA256: d1833fdd7a1340b59c71c223178940044fc41a8c8e28861bc03ab258d791d303