kdump-tools software package provides scripts and tools for automating kdump (Linux crash dumps), 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 kdump-tools
kdump-tools is installed in your system.
Make ensure the kdump-tools package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep kdump-tools *
You will get with kdump-tools package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Development |
| Package | kdump-tools |
| Version | 1:1.5.3-2 |
| Description | scripts and tools for automating kdump (Linux crash dumps) |
| Sub Section | Devel |