How to Install and Uninstall jq Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "jq" package

Please follow the steps below to install jq on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall jq on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: jq
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6-2.1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: ChangZhuo Chen (陳昌倬)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 100
Depends: libjq1 (= 1.6-2.1ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/main/j/jq/jq_1.6-2.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 51392
MD5sum: 7e0562bf34b30373d312c3b3ef1c15be
SHA1: c7f705dce94ee32b661ce31c6c51e7f43c24cc4c
SHA256: 3afd2431dede28d251355cc8ce39efd21799e64fe345bc3d8c3d8bbe4ec2d541
SHA512: 94f44baef4e37fe9a6cc602bde18d258dbea1c6fa64fdd1693b3108ac83880bdb7662facf74e100d4bb8e8730efb382ae9b05368d181547739a4b056ab7ab5a8
Homepage: https://github.com/stedolan/jq
Description-en: 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: fd8d7d97b13012ce68c52772c1ce56aa