libjsoncpp-dev software package provides Library for reading and writing JSON for C++ (devel 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 libjsoncpp-dev
libjsoncpp-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libjsoncpp-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libjsoncpp-dev *
You will get with libjsoncpp-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libjsoncpp-dev |
| Version | 0.6.0~rc2-3.1 |
| Description | Library for reading and writing JSON for C++ (devel files) |
| Sub Section | Libdevel |