gnustep-common software package provides Common files for the core GNUstep environment, 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 gnustep-common
gnustep-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gnustep-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gnustep-common *
You will get with gnustep-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Libraries |
| Package | gnustep-common |
| Version | 2.6.6-3 |
| Description | Common files for the core GNUstep environment |
| Sub Section | Libs |