gzip software package provides GNU compression utilities, 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 gzip
gzip is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gzip package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gzip *
You will get with gzip package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | gzip |
| Version | 1.6-4 |
| Description | GNU compression utilities |
| Sub Section | utils |
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