gnome-settings-daemon-dev software package provides Headers for building applications communicating with gnome-settings-daemon, 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 gnome-settings-daemon-dev
gnome-settings-daemon-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gnome-settings-daemon-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gnome-settings-daemon-dev *
You will get with gnome-settings-daemon-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | GNOME |
| Package | gnome-settings-daemon-dev |
| Version | 3.18.2-0ubuntu3 |
| Description | Headers for building applications communicating with gnome-settings-daemon |
| Sub Section | GNOME |