gmpc-dev software package provides GNOME Music Player Client (plugin development 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 gmpc-dev
gmpc-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gmpc-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gmpc-dev *
You will get with gmpc-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Sound |
| Package | gmpc-dev |
| Version | 11.8.16-9 |
| Description | GNOME Music Player Client (plugin development files) |
| Sub Section | Sound |