How To Install jq on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jq on CentOS 7.
What is jq
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.
We can use yum or dnf to install jq on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jq.
Install jq on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install jq using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install jq
Install jq on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install jq using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install jq
How To Uninstall jq on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the jq package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove jq
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jq on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
