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 The aim of the project is to be the [jq](https://github.com/stedolan/jq) or sed of yaml files.
 
 ## Install
+On MacOS:
 ```
 brew install yq
 ```
+On Ubuntu and other Linux distros supporting `snap` packages:
+```
+snap install yq
+```
 or, [Download latest binary](https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/latest) or alternatively:
 ```
 go get github.com/mikefarah/yq
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                 <h1 id="yq">yq<a class="headerlink" href="#yq" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1>
 <p>yq is a lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor</p>
 <p>The aim of the project is to be the <a href="https://github.com/stedolan/jq">jq</a> or sed of yaml files.</p>
 <h3 id="brew-install-yq">brew install yq<a class="headerlink" href="#brew-install-yq" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
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 The aim of the project is to be the [jq](https://github.com/stedolan/jq) or sed of yaml files.
 
 ## Install
+On MacOS:
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 or, [Download latest binary](https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/latest) or alternatively:
 ```
 go get github.com/mikefarah/yq
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 [View on GitHub](https://github.com/mikefarah/yq)
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