How to install jq

jq is terminal processor for JSON documents. Releases and documentation are produced by the project team.

About the project

jq is terminal processor for JSON documents. The maintainers own the project, choose releases, and publish their own documentation. This page records a few things worth knowing before you begin.

Governance sits with the project's own team. They decide what ships, how often it ships, and which platforms are supported.

Where the project comes from

Packaging differs from project to project. Some publish to system repositories, some to their own index, some only as source archives that a build tool expects.

Platform requirements

It is worth checking which platforms the current release targets. Support windows differ, and the newest version is not always the one that fits an older machine.

Afterwards

Verifying afterwards is straightforward. If something behaves unexpectedly, check for an older copy earlier in the path, or for a version manager pointing elsewhere.

What this site is

These pages are maintained as reading notes. No project files are stored here.