hostapd software package provides IEEE 802.11 AP and IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticator, 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 hostapd
hostapd is installed in your system.
Make ensure the hostapd package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep hostapd *
You will get with hostapd package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Network |
| Package | hostapd |
| Version | 1:2.3-1+deb8u4 |
| Description | IEEE 802.11 AP and IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticator |
| Sub Section | Net |
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