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So it reads here:
jq 1.5 is in the official Debian and Ubuntu repositories. Install using sudo apt-get install jq.
yet:
$ sudo apt-get install jq Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done jq is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. AND:
$ jq --version jq version 1.3 Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Release: 14.04 Codename: trusty What am I missing?
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jq 1.5 is in the official Debian and Ubuntu repositories. Install using sudo apt-get install jq. yet: $ sudo apt-get install jq Reading package lists...
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. jq is written in portable C, and it has zero runtime dependencies.
I ended up here when googling on why my Debian 8 instance does not upgrade jq 1.4 to 1.5.
Here's my solution for anyone struggling with Debian 8 jq: Download jq from https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases and copy it manually over the currently installed jq. In my case:
wget https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-1.5/jq-linux64 chmod +x jq-linux64 sudo mv jq-linux64 $(which jq) If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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