libdbd-excel-perl software package provides provides an SQL interface (via DBI) for accessing Excel files, 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 libdbd-excel-perl
libdbd-excel-perl is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libdbd-excel-perl package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libdbd-excel-perl *
You will get with libdbd-excel-perl package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Perl |
| Package | libdbd-excel-perl |
| Version | 0.06-6 |
| Description | provides an SQL interface (via DBI) for accessing Excel files |
| Sub Section | Perl |