Upgrading jq to 1.5 on Ubuntu

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So it reads here:

jq 1.5 is in the official Debian and Ubuntu repositories. Install using sudo apt-get install jq.

yet:

$ sudo apt-get install jq
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
jq is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

AND:

$ jq --version
jq version 1.3

Description:    Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Release:    14.04
Codename:   trusty

What am I missing?

thanks

Have you tried `sudo apt-get update` and `sudo apt-get upgrade`? — TheCrimulo, Apr 06 '16 at 21:55
Try with `apt-get install --only-upgrade `, to make sure, what's the package that is not upgraded? — TheCrimulo, Apr 06 '16 at 22:05
Had already tried. No luck: $ sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade jq Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done jq is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. — programbyexception, Apr 06 '16 at 22:07
This might help, choose the jq 1.5 binaries for your architecture and try to install them. https://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/ — TheCrimulo, Apr 06 '16 at 22:10
yes, downloading the binary and very rudely replacing /usr/bin/jq with the new binary did the trick. I was hoping in something more ubuntista but thanks. — programbyexception, Apr 07 '16 at 00:25

Juuso Ohtonen · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-09T06:58:14.653

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I ended up here when googling on why my Debian 8 instance does not upgrade jq 1.4 to 1.5.

Here's my solution for anyone struggling with Debian 8 jq: Download jq from https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases and copy it manually over the currently installed jq. In my case:

wget https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-1.5/jq-linux64
chmod +x jq-linux64
sudo mv jq-linux64 $(which jq)

edited Mar 09 '17 at 06:58

answered Mar 06 '17 at 10:16

Juuso Ohtonen

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Upvoted because it worked, not because I liked it :) – mhvelplund Nov 02 '18 at 07:08
Get this man a beer. – Nik Dec 29 '20 at 14:47

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 07 '16 at 08:14

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You're using Ubuntu LTS. The latest version of Ubuntu does have jq 1.5.

answered Apr 07 '16 at 08:14

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So how can easily get jq 1.4 or 1.5 for ubuntu 14.04 LTS ? – Nati Aug 30 '16 at 07:57
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@Nati Your question has already been answered on Ask Ubuntu: http://askubuntu.com/questions/103320/install-packages-from-newer-release-without-building-apt-pinning – Aug 30 '16 at 10:57
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This may be the answer, but I don't understand it. It seems like "master apt-get" is the advice. – dpurrington Jan 05 '17 at 18:44

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 06 '16 at 07:37

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I think you were missing the correct repo: http://installion.co.uk/ubuntu/vivid/universe/j/jq/install/index.html

answered Sep 06 '16 at 07:37

Cos

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No he has Ubuntu 14 and not 15. – ceving Apr 12 '17 at 08:53

Upgrading jq to 1.5 on Ubuntu

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