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Hamid Shahid
Hamid Shahid

Reputation: 4616

Error installing JQ on windows

I have been trying to install jq using chocoletey

However, when I run the following command, it fails. 

choco install jq

Reading the log file, I see that it is pointing the Powershell script is pointing at a ULR that doesn't exist any more

Attempt to get headers for http://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/win64/jq.exe failed.

I tried update the powershell script but choco install still not working for me. Can anyone help me out please.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 7627

Answers (2)

Gary Ewan Park
Gary Ewan Park

Reputation: 18951

During the moderation process, even if there is a newer version of the application hosted on chocolatey.org, doing choco install <package name> will only give you the latest moderated package.

However, if you are willing to accept the potential for a problematic package, you can always force the installation of an unmoderated package by specifying the version number in the install command, as you have done.

In this case, the unmoderated package actually fixed an issue with the moderated one, so it was safe to proceed with, but just take care when doing this, and only do it on a case by case basis, in the knowledge that an unmoderated package may actually change, based on comments which are raised during the moderation process.

Upvotes: 0

Hamid Shahid
Hamid Shahid

Reputation: 4616

Resolved it after reading details from the following pull-request.

https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/959

The solution is to pass -version 1.5 to the install command. The following works just fine.

choco install jq --force -version 1.5

Upvotes: 3

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