dist software package provides Tools for developing, maintaining and distributing software, 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 dist
dist is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dist package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dist *
You will get with dist package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Development |
| Package | dist |
| Version | 1:3.5-36-2 |
| Description | Tools for developing, maintaining and distributing software |
| Sub Section | Devel |