libdouble-conversion-dev software package provides routines to convert IEEE floats to and from strings (development 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 libdouble-conversion-dev
libdouble-conversion-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libdouble-conversion-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libdouble-conversion-dev *
You will get with libdouble-conversion-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libdouble-conversion-dev |
| Version | 2.0.1-1 |
| Description | routines to convert IEEE floats to and from strings (development files) |
| Sub Section | Libdevel |