Learn how to install jq locally to solve Exercism's exercises on your own machine
Please head to the jq wiki for the installation instructions.
As of October 2023, the current jq release is version 1.7. This is the version used in the online jq test runner.
Most Linux package managers will install the previous release, version 1.6. It's worth installing the newer version: there were substantial changes in the 1.7 release.