Install jq JSON processor on Ubuntu 10.04

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Ste-3PO · Oct 17, 2015 · Viewed 86.2k times · Source

Is there a way to install jq JSON processor on Ubuntu 10.04?

I Tried the usual sudo apt-get install jq but got the error E: Couldn't find package jq

Answer

It is possible to perform sudo apt-get install jq however you need to inform the system where to find jq.

ℹ️ Note: Ubuntu 14+ users can skip to step 4! 🎉

Open your sources file in a text editor:
```
sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list
```
Add the following line to the end of that file (note deb is not a command, more info):

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu vivid main universe
Then re-index apt-get so that it can find jq:
```
sudo apt-get update
```
Then do the normal install and you should be the proud new user of jq!
```
sudo apt-get install jq
```

Test it works! Try this to see it pretty print some example json

echo '{ "name":"John", "age":31, "city":"New York" }' | jq .

The result should appear like so in your terminal:

{
  "name": "John",
  "age": 31,
  "city": "New York"
}