Run the following command to fix that:
sudo apt install jq
The output should look like this:
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: libjq1 The following NEW packages will be installed: jq libjq1 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 45 not upgraded. Need to get 171 kB of archives. After this operation, 450 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Pres Y key and hit enter.
Confirm if the package is installed by running the following command:
apt -qq list jq
The output should look like this:
jq/focal-updates,now 1.6-1ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 [installed]