devhelp-common software package provides Common files for devhelp and its library, 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 devhelp-common
devhelp-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the devhelp-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep devhelp-common *
You will get with devhelp-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | devhelp-common |
| Version | 3.18.1-1ubuntu5 |
| Description | Common files for devhelp and its library |
| Sub Section | Devel |