build-essential software package provides Informational list of build-essential packages, 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 build-essential
build-essential is installed in your system.
Make ensure the build-essential package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep build-essential *
You will get with build-essential package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | build-essential |
| Version | 12.1ubuntu2 |
| Description | Informational list of build-essential packages |
| Sub Section | Devel |