libapt-pkg-perl software package provides Perl interface to libapt-pkg, 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 libapt-pkg-perl
libapt-pkg-perl is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libapt-pkg-perl package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libapt-pkg-perl *
You will get with libapt-pkg-perl package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Perl |
| Package | libapt-pkg-perl |
| Version | 0.1.29+b4 [s390x], 0.1.29+b2 [ |
| Description | Perl interface to libapt-pkg |
| Sub Section | Perl |