gdb-minimal software package provides GNU Debugger (minimal version), 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 gdb-minimal
gdb-minimal is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gdb-minimal package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gdb-minimal *
You will get with gdb-minimal package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Development |
| Package | gdb-minimal |
| Version | 7.7.1+dfsg-5 |
| Description | GNU Debugger (minimal version) |
| Sub Section | Devel |