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jq Lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor
1.8.2 textproc on this many watch lists=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.
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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)
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Dependency lines:
  • jq>0: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
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64leriscv64
FreeBSD:13:latest1.8.11.8.1n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly1.8.11.8.1n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest1.8.21.8.21.61.8.11.8.21.6-1.6-
FreeBSD:14:quarterly1.8.21.8.2-1.8.01.8.21.7_21.7_21.7_2-
FreeBSD:15:latest1.8.21.8.2n/a1.8.1n/an/a1.7_31.7.1-
FreeBSD:15:quarterly1.8.21.8.2n/a-n/an/a---
FreeBSD:16:latest1.8.21.8.2n/a-n/an/a---
Dependencies
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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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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
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Master Sites:
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  1. https://github.com/jqlang/jq/releases/download/jq-1.8.2/
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