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Port details on branch 2023Q1
jq Lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor
1.8.2 textproc Σ=18 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 1.8.2Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: yuri@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2012-11-19 21:16:56
Last Update: 2026-07-03 00:26:56
Commit Hash: d8ab2b3
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License: MIT
WWW:
https://jqlang.github.io/jq/
https://github.com/jqlang/jq
Description: #
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.
HomepageHomepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb

Manual pages: #
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist #
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  1. @ldconfig
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/jq-1.8.2/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/jq-1.8.2/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/jq-1.8.2/MIT
  5. bin/jq
  6. include/jq.h
  7. include/jv.h
  8. lib/libjq.a
  9. lib/libjq.so
  10. lib/libjq.so.1
  11. lib/libjq.so.1.0.4
  12. libdata/pkgconfig/libjq.pc
  13. share/man/man1/jq.1.gz
  14. @owner
  15. @group
  16. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • For RUN/BUILD depends:
    • jq>0:textproc/jq
  • For LIB depends:
    • libjq.so:textproc/jq
To install the port: #
cd /usr/ports/textproc/jq/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install textproc/jq
  • pkg install jq
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: jq
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port. #
distinfo: #
TIMESTAMP = 1782228623 SHA256 (jq-1.8.2.tar.gz) = 71b8d6e8f5fe81f6c6d0d110e3892251f6ce76ed095abd315e26e6e1193af3af SIZE (jq-1.8.2.tar.gz) = 1959950
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC): #
jq
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386
FreeBSD:14:latest1.8.21.8.21.61.8.11.8.2
FreeBSD:14:quarterly1.8.21.8.2-1.8.01.8.2
FreeBSD:15:latest1.8.21.8.2n/a1.8.1n/a
FreeBSD:15:quarterly1.8.21.8.2n/a-n/a
FreeBSD:16:latest1.8.21.8.2n/a-n/a
Dependencies #
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies: #
  1. gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
Library dependencies: #
  1. libonig.so : devel/oniguruma
This port is required by: #
for Build #
  1. devel/cbmc
  2. editors/vscode
  3. finance/taler-exchange
  4. misc/warp
  5. net/jose
  6. net-im/teams
  7. net-p2p/c-lightning
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  2. sysutils/nix
  3. www/chrome-gnome-shell
  4. www/varnish-libvmod-fileserver
  5. x11/waveterm
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for Extract #
  1. editors/vscode
  2. www/code-server
for Fetch #
  1. chinese/opencc-cli
  2. deskutils/qmd
  3. filesystems/mcp-server-filesystem
  4. misc/bun-decompile
  5. misc/claude-code-legacy
  6. misc/clawhub
  7. misc/github-copilot-language-server
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  2. misc/grok-cli
  3. misc/mcp-inspector
  4. misc/nanocoder
  5. misc/openclaw
  6. misc/qwen-code
  7. net-im/deltachat-desktop
  8. textproc/pdf-reader-mcp
  9. www/mcp-server-browserbase
  10. www/remark42
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Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. misc/github-copilot-cli-legacy*
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for Libraries #
  1. sysutils/cbsd
  2. textproc/py-jq

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. devel/php-jq*
  2. devel/py-pyjq*
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for Patch #
  1. devel/electron41
  2. devel/electron42
  3. devel/electron43
  4. devel/electron44

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. devel/electron27*
  2. devel/electron28*
  3. devel/electron29*
  4. devel/electron30*
  5. devel/electron31*
  6. devel/electron32*
  7. devel/electron33*
  8. devel/electron34*
  9. devel/electron35*
  10. devel/electron36*
  11. devel/electron37*
  12. devel/electron38*
  13. devel/electron39*
  14. devel/electron40*
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for Run #
  1. astro/mepo
  2. audio/somafm-cli
  3. databases/percona-orchestrator
  4. devel/buf
  5. devel/freebsd-git-arc
  6. devel/freebsd-git-pr
  7. devel/py-all-repos
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  2. dns/hetzner_ddns
  3. dns/p5-Zonemaster-Backend
  4. dns/zns
  5. emulators/playonbsd
  6. finance/taler-exchange
  7. japanese/radish-play
  8. mail/spf-tools
  9. mail/tmpmail
  10. misc/ansiweather
  11. misc/chatgpt-shell-cli
  12. misc/openclaw
  13. multimedia/ytfzf
  14. net-mgmt/p5-OSLV-Monitor
  15. security/kbfsd
  16. sysutils/appjail
  17. sysutils/appjail-devel
  18. sysutils/cbsd
  19. sysutils/dunst
  20. sysutils/elephant
  21. sysutils/gh-md-toc
  22. sysutils/littlejet
  23. sysutils/omnibackup
  24. textproc/aq
  25. textproc/yq
  26. x11/grimshot
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Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. devel/freebsd-git-devtools*
  2. devel/git-arc*
  3. net/ceph*
  4. net/ceph-devel*
  5. net/ceph12*
  6. net/ceph13*
  7. net/ceph14*
  8. sysutils/lava*
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for Test #
  1. devel/ocaml-merlin
  2. textproc/sdcv
Configuration Options: #
===> The following configuration options are available for jq-1.8.2: DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation ONIGURUMA=on: With oniguruma BSDL regular expression library ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name: #
textproc_jq
USES: #
cpe gmake libtool pathfix localbase:ldflags
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message #
Master Sites: #
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  1. https://github.com/jqlang/jq/releases/download/jq-1.8.2/
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