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
| 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 |