libftdi-dev software package provides Development files for libftdi, 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 libftdi-dev
libftdi-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libftdi-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libftdi-dev *
You will get with libftdi-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libftdi-dev |
| Version | 0.20-2 |
| Description | Development files for libftdi |
| Sub Section | Libdevel |