libjinput-jni software package provides Java Game Controller API (jni), 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 libjinput-jni
libjinput-jni is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libjinput-jni package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libjinput-jni *
You will get with libjinput-jni package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Java |
| Package | libjinput-jni |
| Version | 20100502+dfsg-7 |
| Description | Java Game Controller API (jni) |
| Sub Section | Java |