How to Install and Uninstall jq Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "jq" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install jq on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall jq on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: jq
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6-3
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: 99
Depends: libjq1 (= 1.6-3), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Filename: pool/main/j/jq/jq_1.6-3_amd64.deb
Size: 51886
MD5sum: b5d6e2b96cae9a83455ed14fe5d2da55
SHA1: 29e0f33ec78c0b7809148bd97dfb9e8a3203ba6c
SHA256: 13e5cee8da0d9343a043e691e1cfd9efdb62dc4ab529b7107d17ecb22904bde7
SHA512: 462f67af9152fdce72e6159cb7e6448180624099faea5205df310115e051f9c1b8cec5f3dbae7379662cf2f4d25dee8b10dd64a7a7b6c0daa858b33c2f924b96
Homepage: https://jqlang.github.io/jq
Description: lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor
Description-md5: fd8d7d97b13012ce68c52772c1ce56aa
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