firmware-ralink software package provides Binary firmware for Ralink wireless cards, 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 firmware-ralink
firmware-ralink is installed in your system.
Make ensure the firmware-ralink package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep firmware-ralink *
You will get with firmware-ralink package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Kernels |
| Package | firmware-ralink |
| Version | 0.43 |
| Description | Binary firmware for Ralink wireless cards |
| Sub Section | Kernels |