iproute2 software package provides networking and traffic control 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 iproute2
iproute2 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the iproute2 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep iproute2 *
You will get with iproute2 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Network |
| Package | iproute2 |
| Version | 3.16.0-2 |
| Description | networking and traffic control tools |
| Sub Section | Net |
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