comerr-dev software package provides common error description library - headers and static libraries, 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 comerr-dev
comerr-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the comerr-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep comerr-dev *
You will get with comerr-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | comerr-dev |
| Version | 2.1-1.42.13-1ubuntu1 |
| Description | common error description library - headers and static libraries |
| Sub Section | Devel |