ldnsutils software package provides ldns library for DNS programming, 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 ldnsutils
ldnsutils is installed in your system.
Make ensure the ldnsutils package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ldnsutils *
You will get with ldnsutils package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Network |
| Package | ldnsutils |
| Version | 1.6.17-5+b2 [s390x], 1.6.17-5+ |
| Description | ldns library for DNS programming |
| Sub Section | Net |