How to Install and Uninstall jq Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "jq" package

This is a short guide on how to install jq on Kali Linux


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall jq on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: jq
Version: 1.7.1-2
Installed-Size: 124
Maintainer: ChangZhuo Chen (陳昌倬)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libjq1 (= 1.7.1-2)
Size: 77540
SHA256: 3c39b16e44f509ccf314a9e831f479496d452e207898af3a4f25dceecbaf7675
SHA1: 3892cefe0e3761ee8bda244fac340a56f815f9f8
MD5sum: 0ab13a706e3c5bc7afda4672fb5200da
Description: lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor
jq is like sed for JSON data – you can use it to slice
and filter and map and transform structured data with
the same ease that sed, awk, grep and friends let you
play with text.
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It is written in portable C, and it has minimal runtime
dependencies.
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jq can mangle the data format that you have into the
one that you want with very little effort, and the
program to do so is often shorter and simpler than
you’d expect.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://jqlang.github.io/jq
Tag: implemented-in::c, role::program, works-with-format::json
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/j/jq/jq_1.7.1-2_amd64.deb