headline: Download jq
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      jq is written in C and has no runtime dependencies, so it should be
      possible to build it for nearly any platform. Prebuilt binaries are
      available for Linux (64-bit x86) and OS X.
    
       * [Download binary for 64-bit Linux](linux_x86_64/jq)
       * [Download binary for OS X](osx_64/jq)
         (or use [homebrew](http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/): `brew install jq`) 
       * [Download source](source/jq.tgz)

      The binaries should just run, but you may need to make them
      executable first using:

          chmod +x jq
       
      jq is licensed under the MIT license. For all of the gory
      details, read the file `COPYING` in the source distribution.

      Arch Linux
      ----------

      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 jq 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_User_Repository).

      Hacking on jq
      =============

      If you want to work on jq, grab the source from
      [https://github.com/stedolan/jq](https://github.com/stedolan/jq).
        

      To build it from a git clone, you'll need to install a few
      packages first:

       * [Flex](http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/)
       * [Bison](http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/)
       * [Python](http://www.python.org)
       * [GCC](http://gcc.gnu.org)
       * [Make](http://www.gnu.org/software/make)

      Most of these aren't necessary if you're just trying to compile
      jq from the released tarball - that version has the
      non-platform-specific build steps already done, so you'll only
      need a C compiler and `make` to finish it off.

      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/).

      `flex` and `bison` are used to generate the lexer and parser for
      jq, and some python scripts generate the UTF8 encoding tables
      needed for JSON parsing.
   
      Building the documentation
      --

      jq's documentation is compiled into static HTML using
      [Bonsai](http://www.tinytree.info). To view the documentation
      locally, run `rake serve` from the docs/ subdirectory.