fitscheck software package provides transitional package for pyfits-utils, 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 fitscheck
fitscheck is installed in your system.
Make ensure the fitscheck package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep fitscheck *
You will get with fitscheck package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Python |
| Package | fitscheck |
| Version | 1:3.3-2 |
| Description | transitional package for pyfits-utils |
| Sub Section | Python |