How to Install and Uninstall jq Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "jq" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install jq on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: jq
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5+dfsg-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: ChangZhuo Chen (陳昌倬)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 88
Depends: libjq1 (= 1.5+dfsg-2), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/j/jq/jq_1.5+dfsg-2_amd64.deb
Size: 45646
MD5sum: 9a9c411594822e8c69d82d2d7aa97766
SHA1: d03195dec7219ca7d3a9fbf712a8c92d0c2b7801
SHA256: 7da6b3fe4de02f50169923134b1e6c4cbf4ee693afa963d02d1eb8a0e3adb472
Homepage: https://github.com/stedolan/jq
Description: lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor
Description-md5: fd8d7d97b13012ce68c52772c1ce56aa