jison software package provides parser generator with Bisons API, you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install jison
jison is installed in your system.
Make ensure the jison package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep jison *
You will get with jison package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 9 stretch |
| Section | Web Software |
| Package | jison |
| Version | 0.4.17+dfsg-3 |
| Description | parser generator with Bisons API |
| Sub Section | Web |