dh-elpa software package provides Debian helper tools for packaging emacs lisp extensions, 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 dh-elpa
dh-elpa is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dh-elpa package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dh-elpa *
You will get with dh-elpa package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | dh-elpa |
| Version | 0.0.19 |
| Description | Debian helper tools for packaging emacs lisp extensions |
| Sub Section | Devel |