How to Install joystick software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

How to Install joystick software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

joystick software package provides set of testing and calibration tools for joysticks, 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 joystick 

joystick is installed in your system.

Make ensure the joystick package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep joystick *

You will get with joystick package name, version, architecture and description in a table

joystick package basic information:

Distro Debian 8 jessie
Section Utilities
Package joystick
Version 1:1.4.7-2+b1 [s390x], 1:1.4.7-
Description set of testing and calibration tools for joysticks
Sub Section utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove joystick software package from Debian 8 (Jessie)?