How To Install libjq1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjq1 on Kali Linux.

What is libjq1

libjq1 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 shared library.

There are three methods to install libjq1 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libjq1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libjq1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjq1

Install libjq1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libjq1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libjq1

Install libjq1 Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libjq1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjq1

How To Uninstall libjq1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libjq1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjq1

Uninstall libjq1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjq1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjq1

Remove libjq1 Configurations and Data

To remove libjq1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjq1

Remove libjq1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libjq1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjq1

Dependencies

libjq1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libonig5

References

• libjq1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjq1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.