cpio software package provides GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files, 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 cpio
cpio is installed in your system.
Make ensure the cpio package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cpio *
You will get with cpio package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | cpio |
| Version | 2.11+dfsg-4.1+deb8u1 |
| Description | GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files |
| Sub Section | utils |
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