eclipse-pde software package provides Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment (PDE), 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 eclipse-pde
eclipse-pde is installed in your system.
Make ensure the eclipse-pde package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep eclipse-pde *
You will get with eclipse-pde package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | eclipse-pde |
| Version | 3.8.1-8 |
| Description | Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment (PDE) |
| Sub Section | Devel |