Install jq JSON processor on Ubuntu 10.04
It is possible to perform sudo apt-get install jq
however you need to inform the system where to find jq.
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Install
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Open your sources file in a text editor:
sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list
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Add the following line to the end of that file (note
deb
is not a command, more info):deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu vivid main universe
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Then re-index apt-get so that it can find
jq
:sudo apt-get update
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Then do the normal install and you should be the proud new user of
jq
!sudo apt-get install jq
Test
Test it works! Try this to see it pretty print some example json
echo '{ "name":"John", "age":31, "city":"New York" }' | jq .
The result should appear like so in your terminal:
{
"name": "John",
"age": 31,
"city": "New York"
}
Since Ubuntu 16.04LTS xenial you do not need to modify /etc/apt/sources.list
, just run
sudo apt-get install jq
jq 1.5
is in the official Debian and Ubuntu repositories.
I think you're missing the repo: http://installion.co.uk/ubuntu/vivid/universe/j/jq/install/index.html