### Linux
- * jq 1.4 binaries for [64-bit](linux64/jq) or [32-bit](linux32/jq) systems.
- * jq 1.3 binaries for [64-bit](linux64/jq-1.3/jq) or [32-bit](linux32/jq-1.3/jq) systems.
+ * jq 1.4 is in the official [Debian](http://packages.debian.org/jq) and
+ [Ubuntu](http://packages.ubuntu.com/jq) repositories. Install using
+ `sudo apt-get install jq`.
- * For Arch users, a PKGBUILD for jq-1.1 is in the
- [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=63849), as
- well as a PKGBUILD for the HEAD of master
- ([jq-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=63850)).
- You can install them using
- [Yaourt](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Yaourt) or
- manually by following instructions on [Arch Linux's
- Wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_UseRepository).
+ * jq 1.3 is in the official
+ [Fedora](http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/jq.git/) repository.
+ Install using `sudo yum install jq`.
- * jq 1.4 is [in Debian](http://packages.debian.org/jq)
+ * For Arch users, a PKGBUILD is in the
+ [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/jq-git/).
+ Refer to the
+ [ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository)
+ for how to install from AUR.
- * jq 1.3.2 is in the official Fedora repository. You can install using
- `sudo yum install jq`.
+ * jq 1.4 binaries for [64-bit](linux64/jq) or [32-bit](linux32/jq).
+
+ * jq 1.3 binaries for [64-bit](linux64/jq-1.3/jq) or
+ [32-bit](linux32/jq-1.3/jq).
### OS X
- * `brew install jq` using [homebrew](http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/)
+ * Use [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/) to install jq 1.4 with
+ `brew install jq`. You can also install 1.5rc2 with
+ `brew install --devel jq`.
- * Or, grab prebuilt jq 1.4 [64-bit binaries](osx64/jq) or [32-bit
- binaries](osx32/jq)
+ * jq 1.4 binaries for [64-bit](osx64/jq) or [32-bit](osx32/jq).
- * Or, grab prebuilt jq 1.3 [64-bit binaries](osx64/jq-1.3/jq) or [32-bit
- binaries](osx32/jq-1.3/jq)
+ * jq 1.3 binaries for [64-bit](osx64/jq-1.3/jq) or
+ [32-bit](osx32/jq-1.3/jq).
### Solaris
- * `pkgutil -i jq` in [OpenCSW](http://www.opencsw.org/p/jq) for Solaris 10+, Sparc and x86
+ * `pkgutil -i jq` in [OpenCSW](http://www.opencsw.org/p/jq) for Solaris
+ 10+, Sparc and x86.
- * jq 1.4 executables for Solaris 11 [64-bit](solaris11-64/jq) or [32-bit](solaris11-32/jq)
+ * jq 1.4 binaries for Solaris 11 [64-bit](solaris11-64/jq) or
+ [32-bit](solaris11-32/jq).
### Windows
- * `chocolatey install jq` using [Chocolatey NuGet](https://chocolatey.org/)
+ * Use [Chocolatey NuGet](https://chocolatey.org/) to install jq 1.4 with
+ `chocolatey install jq`.
- * jq 1.4 executables for [64-bit](win64/jq.exe) or [32-bit](win32/jq.exe)
+ * jq 1.4 executables for [64-bit](win64/jq.exe) or
+ [32-bit](win32/jq.exe).
- * jq 1.3 executables for [64-bit](win64/jq-1.3/jq-1.3.exe) or [32-bit](win32/jq-1.3/jq-1.3.exe)
+ * jq 1.3 executables for [64-bit](win64/jq-1.3/jq-1.3.exe) or
+ [32-bit](win32/jq-1.3/jq-1.3.exe).
### From source on Linux, OS X, Cygwin, and other POSIX-like operating systems
To build it from a git clone, you'll need to install a few
packages first:
- * [Flex](http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/)
+ * [Flex](http://flex.sourceforge.net/)
* [Bison](http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/)
* [GCC](http://gcc.gnu.org)
- * [Make](http://www.gnu.org/software/make)
- * [Autotools](http://www.gnu.org/software/automake)
+ * [Make](http://www.gnu.org/software/make/)
+ * [Autotools](http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/)
For Linux systems, these will all be in your system's package
manager, and if you do development on the machine they're most
likely already installed.
- On OS X, these are all included in Apple's command line tools, which
- can be installed from [Xcode](http://developer.apple.com/technologies/tools/).
- However, you may find that you need a newer version of Bison than the one provided
- by Apple. This can be found in [Homebrew](http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/)
- or [MacPorts](http://macports.org/).
+ On OS X, these are all included in Apple's command line tools, which can
+ be installed from [Xcode](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/). However,
+ you may find that you need a newer version of Bison than the one provided
+ by Apple. This can be found in [Homebrew](http://brew.sh) or
+ [MacPorts](http://macports.org/).
- `flex` and `bison` are used to generate the lexer and parser for
- jq. For jq 1.5, neither is required if you use `./configure
+ Flex and Bison are used to generate the lexer and parser for jq. For jq
+ 1.5, neither is required if you use `./configure
--disable-maintainer-mode` instead of `./configure`. This flag says to use
the pre-generated lexer and parser that come with the code.
the YAML docs, and you'll still need the Ruby dependencies to
build the manpage.
-