libcairo-dev software package provides virtual package provided by libcairo2-dev, 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 libcairo-dev
libcairo-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libcairo-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libcairo-dev*
You will get with libcairo-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Virtual packages |
| Package | libcairo-dev |
| Version | |
| Description | virtual package provided by libcairo2-dev |
| Sub Section | virtual |
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