hdf5-helpers software package provides Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) - Helper tools, 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 hdf5-helpers
hdf5-helpers is installed in your system.
Make ensure the hdf5-helpers package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep hdf5-helpers *
You will get with hdf5-helpers package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Science |
| Package | hdf5-helpers |
| Version | 1.8.13+docs-15 |
| Description | Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) - Helper tools |
| Sub Section | Science |