How To Install jshon on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jshon
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is jshon
jshon is:
Jshon is a command line utility to parse, read and create JSON. It is designed to be as usable as possible from within the shell and replaces fragile adhoc parsers made from grep/sed/awk as well as heavyweight one-line parsers made from Perl/Python. Jshon loads json text from stdin, performs actions, then displays the last action on stdout.
Json parsing features include: Return data types of values Report data type lengths Sort JSON data by keys In-place editing of JSON files Format or “beautify” JSON (as changing indentation, etc) Create JSON from an empty object Extraction of keys and values
There are three methods to install jshon
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install jshon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install jshon
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install jshon
Install jshon Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install jshon
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install jshon
Install jshon 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install jshon
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install jshon
How To Uninstall jshon on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the jshon
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove jshon
Uninstall jshon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall jshon
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove jshon
Remove jshon Configurations and Data
To remove jshon
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge jshon
Remove jshon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove jshon
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jshon
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jshon
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.