gcc-4.8-source software package provides Source of the GNU Compiler Collection, 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 gcc-4.8-source
gcc-4.8-source is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gcc-4.8-source package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gcc-4.8-source *
You will get with gcc-4.8-source package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | gcc-4.8-source |
| Version | 4.8.5-4ubuntu2 |
| Description | Source of the GNU Compiler Collection |
| Sub Section | Devel |