e2fslibs-dev software package provides ext2/ext3/ext4 file system libraries - headers and static libraries, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install e2fslibs-dev
e2fslibs-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the e2fslibs-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep e2fslibs-dev *
You will get with e2fslibs-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | e2fslibs-dev |
| Version | 1.43.3-1 |
| Description | ext2/ext3/ext4 file system libraries - headers and static libraries |
| Sub Section | libdevel |