ara software package provides Command line utility for searching the Debian package database, you can install in your Debian 8 (Jessie) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install ara
ara is installed in your system.
Make ensure the ara package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ara *
You will get with ara package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | ara |
| Version | 1.0.31+b1 [armhf, mips, mipsel |
| Description | Command line utility for searching the Debian package database |
| Sub Section | utils |