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📑 Install yq on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS “Noble Numbat”

A portable command-line YAML, JSON, XML, CSV and TOML processor with jq-like syntax

← yq overview & all releases
📦 Currently serving: yq 4.53.3-1~noble for noble (updated 2026-07-16) — architectures: amd64, arm64, armhf, riscv64. This page is regenerated automatically from the repository metadata, so the version above is exactly what apt install yq gives you today.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS “Noble Numbat” is a long-term support release with standard support into 2029. yq is not shipped at its latest version by the official Ubuntu archives, so this repository builds current upstream releases as native .deb packages targeted specifically at noble, with dependencies matching what Ubuntu 24.04 LTS actually ships.

🚀 Install yq on noble

Step 1: Add the deb.griffo.io repository

sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings curl -fsSL https://deb.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg] https://deb.griffo.io/apt noble main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list > /dev/null sudo apt update
install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings curl -fsSL https://deb.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg] https://deb.griffo.io/apt noble main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list > /dev/null apt update

The sources line above pins the noble suite explicitly, so it keeps working in containers and images where lsb_release is unavailable.

Step 2: Install yq

sudo apt install -y yq
apt install -y yq

🔄 Updating

Updates arrive through normal system maintenance — new upstream releases are usually packaged within hours:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install --only-upgrade yq

🗑️ Uninstalling

sudo apt remove yq # optionally remove the repository as well: sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list /etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg

📋 yq versions across Debian & Ubuntu releases

The same repository serves every supported release — this table is generated from the live repository metadata:

ReleaseSuiteyq version
Debian 12 “Bookworm”bookworm4.53.3-1~bookworm
Debian 13 “Trixie”trixie4.53.3-1~trixie
Debian 14 “Forky”forky4.53.3-1~forky
Debian Sidsid4.53.3-1~sid
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS “Jammy Jellyfish”jammy4.53.3-1~jammy
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS “Noble Numbat”noble (this page)4.53.3-1~noble
Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka”questing4.53.3-1~questing
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS “Resolute”resolute4.53.3-1~resolute

❓ Frequently asked questions

Is this an official yq package?

No — deb.griffo.io is an unofficial repository maintained by Dario Griffo. Packages are built automatically from official upstream yq releases; the packaging is open source at dariogriffo/yq-debian.

Why not install yq from the official Ubuntu archive?

Ubuntu's archive freezes package versions when a release ships and afterwards receives mostly security and stability fixes, so fast-moving tools are either absent or several releases behind. This repository tracks upstream releases instead, with builds targeted at each Ubuntu release.

How quickly do new yq releases arrive?

The repository polls upstream releases and publishes new builds automatically, typically within hours of an upstream release. Subscribe to the release feed to follow updates.

Which architectures are supported on noble?

yq is currently built for: amd64, arm64, armhf, riscv64.

🔗 Related

💡 All releases: need yq on a different Debian or Ubuntu version? The table above links to a dedicated guide for every supported release, or start from the yq overview.