jshon software package provides Command line tool to parse, read and create JSON, 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 jshon
jshon is installed in your system.
Make ensure the jshon package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep jshon *
You will get with jshon package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | jshon |
| Version | 20131010-3 |
| Description | Command line tool to parse, read and create JSON |
| Sub Section | utils |