binutils-dev software package provides GNU binary utilities (BFD development files), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install binutils-dev
binutils-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the binutils-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep binutils-dev *
You will get with binutils-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | binutils-dev |
| Version | 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.3 [amd64 |
| Description | GNU binary utilities (BFD development files) |
| Sub Section | Devel |