icedtea-7-jre-jamvm software package provides Alternative JVM for OpenJDK, using JamVM, 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 icedtea-7-jre-jamvm
icedtea-7-jre-jamvm is installed in your system.
Make ensure the icedtea-7-jre-jamvm package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep icedtea-7-jre-jamvm *
You will get with icedtea-7-jre-jamvm package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Java |
| Package | icedtea-7-jre-jamvm |
| Version | 7u111-2.6.7-2~deb8u1 [amd64, a |
| Description | Alternative JVM for OpenJDK, using JamVM |
| Sub Section | Java |