gojq command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix gojq command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

gojq: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gojq: command not found

In Ubuntu gojq is provided by gojq package.

gojq is:

gojq is an implementation of jq command written in Go language. You can also embed gojq as a library to your Go products.

This package contains the /usr/bin/gojq command.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install gojq

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install gojq.

sudo apt -y install gojq

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install gojq

In this tutorial we learn how to fix gojq command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.