guile-1.8-dev software package provides Development files for Guile 1.8, 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 guile-1.8-dev
guile-1.8-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the guile-1.8-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep guile-1.8-dev *
You will get with guile-1.8-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Lisp |
| Package | guile-1.8-dev |
| Version | 1.8.8+1-10 |
| Description | Development files for Guile 1.8 |
| Sub Section | Lisp |