How To Install yq on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yq on Debian 12.
What is yq
yq is:
yq transcodes YAML documents to JSON and passes them to jq. The package also includes xq, which transcodes XML to JSON using xmltodict and pipes it to jq, and tomlq, which uses the toml library to transcode TOML to JSON, then pipes it to jq
There are three methods to install yq on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install yq Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yq using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yq
Install yq Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yq using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yq
Install yq 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 yq using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yq
How To Uninstall yq on Debian 12
To uninstall only the yq package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yq
Uninstall yq And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yq and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yq
Remove yq Configurations and Data
To remove yq configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yq
Remove yq configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yq configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yq
Dependencies
yq have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yq package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
