dictionaries-common-dev software package provides spelling dictionaries - developer files, 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 dictionaries-common-dev
dictionaries-common-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dictionaries-common-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dictionaries-common-dev *
You will get with dictionaries-common-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Text Processing |
| Package | dictionaries-common-dev |
| Version | 1.26.3 |
| Description | spelling dictionaries - developer files |
| Sub Section | Text |