How To Install jo on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install jo on Debian 11. jo is command-line processor to output JSON from a shell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jo on Debian 11.

What is jo

jo is:

jo creates a JSON string on stdout from words given it as arguments or read from stdin. It can generate both arrays and objects. Here is a short example:

$ jo -p name=jo n=17 parser@0

"name": "jo",
"n": 17,
"parser": false

There are three methods to install jo on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install jo Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install jo using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install jo

Install jo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install jo using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install jo

Install jo Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install jo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jo

How To Uninstall jo on Debian 11

To uninstall only the jo package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove jo

Uninstall jo And Its Dependencies

To uninstall jo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jo

Remove jo Configurations and Data

To remove jo configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge jo

Remove jo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove jo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jo

Dependencies

jo have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jo package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.