libcurl-dev software package provides virtual package provided by libcurl4-nss-dev, libcurl4-openssl-dev, libcurl4-gnutls-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 libcurl-dev
libcurl-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libcurl-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libcurl-dev*
You will get with libcurl-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Virtual packages |
| Package | libcurl-dev |
| Version | |
| Description | virtual package provided by libcurl4-nss-dev, libcurl4-openssl-dev, libcurl4-gnutls-dev |
| Sub Section | virtual |