blktap-dev software package provides Xen API blktap shared library (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 blktap-dev
blktap-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the blktap-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep blktap-dev *
You will get with blktap-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | blktap-dev |
| Version | 2.0.90-4ubuntu1 |
| Description | Xen API blktap shared library (development files) |
| Sub Section | Devel |