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headline: Download jq
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jq is written in C and has no runtime dependencies, so it should be
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possible to build it for nearly any platform. Prebuilt binaries are
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available for Linux (64-bit x86) and OS X.
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* [Download binary for 64-bit Linux](linux_x86_64/jq)
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* [Download binary for OS X](osx_64/jq)
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(or use [homebrew](http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/): `brew install jq`)
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* [Download source](source/jq.tgz)
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The binaries should just run, but you may need to make them
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executable first using:
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chmod +x jq
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jq is licensed under the MIT license. For all of the gory
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details, read the file `COPYING` in the source distribution.
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Arch Linux
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----------
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A PKGBUILD for jq-1.1 is in the
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[AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=63849), as well as a
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PKGBUILD for the HEAD of master
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([jq-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=63850)).
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You can install jq using [Yaourt](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Yaourt)
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or manually by following instructions on
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[Arch Linux's Wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository).
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Hacking on jq
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=============
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If you want to work on jq, grab the source from
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[https://github.com/stedolan/jq](https://github.com/stedolan/jq).
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To build it from a git clone, you'll need to install a few
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packages first:
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* [Flex](http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/)
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* [Bison](http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/)
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* [Python](http://www.python.org)
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* [GCC](http://gcc.gnu.org)
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* [Make](http://www.gnu.org/software/make)
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Most of these aren't necessary if you're just trying to compile
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jq from the released tarball - that version has the
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non-platform-specific build steps already done, so you'll only
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need a C compiler and `make` to finish it off.
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For Linux systems, these will all be in your system's package
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manager, and if you do development on the machine they're most
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likely already installed.
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On OS X, these are all included in Apple's command line tools, which
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can be installed from [Xcode](http://developer.apple.com/technologies/tools/).
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However, you may find that you need a newer version of Bison than the one provided
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by Apple. This can be found in [Homebrew](http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/)
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or [MacPorts](http://macports.org/).
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`flex` and `bison` are used to generate the lexer and parser for
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jq, and some python scripts generate the UTF8 encoding tables
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needed for JSON parsing.
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Building the documentation
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--
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jq's documentation is compiled into static HTML using
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[Bonsai](http://www.tinytree.info). To view the documentation
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locally, run `rake serve` from the docs/ subdirectory.
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