How To Install libjq-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjq-dev
on Debian 11.
What is libjq-dev
libjq-dev is:
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 minimal 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.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libjq-dev
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 libjq-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libjq-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjq-dev
Install libjq-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjq-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjq-dev
Install libjq-dev 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 libjq-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjq-dev
How To Uninstall libjq-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libjq-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjq-dev
Uninstall libjq-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjq-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjq-dev
Remove libjq-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libjq-dev
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjq-dev
Remove libjq-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjq-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjq-dev
Dependencies
libjq-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjq-dev
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.