How to Install and Uninstall jq Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "jq" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install jq on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall jq on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                jq
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the jq package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: jq
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Simon Elsbrock
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 341
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libonig2 (>= 5.9.5)
Filename: pool/universe/j/jq/jq_1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 144168
MD5sum: 25a97d34066044743fbfd33b1d451dcf
SHA1: 4b5b0c26f4d63baae198d8a29165320f38b9db9d
SHA256: 6fe9aafe1669ccb1e0d0183e79cc216a550d286d52d208b4ef9788dfad7ee091
SHA512: 8ab4e4f175bd57407a1ad28caa819f4d37e2cd9d9e5994ddd8d7e7b16897a0d33966642b905ff0a0d3d9511fb5f3928a0cb236fd511ac314ae6d2936c4418540
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.
.
It is written in portable C, and it has zero runtime
dependencies.
.
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: 6f3a50ad5d3a200e13433cea785ae21c

Package: jq
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 349
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Simon Elsbrock
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5+dfsg-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libonig2 (>= 5.9.5)
Filename: pool/universe/j/jq/jq_1.5+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 144146
MD5sum: 2ca788a5d75815930d750ae083459ee8
SHA1: 1753652880182fb7e4c30bf51fc4a211ca34f968
SHA256: 599db72fcd173cafff17c78aa11f0f80df5e44ccf96371d48af7d16d0edc81af
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.
.
It is written in portable C, and it has zero runtime
dependencies.
.
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: 6f3a50ad5d3a200e13433cea785ae21c
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/stedolan/jq
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu