highlight software package provides Universal source code to formatted text converter, 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 highlight
highlight is installed in your system.
Make ensure the highlight package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep highlight *
You will get with highlight package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Development |
| Package | highlight |
| Version | 3.18-3+b2 [arm64], 3.18-3+b1 [ |
| Description | Universal source code to formatted text converter |
| Sub Section | Devel |