golang-prometheus-client-dev software package provides Prometheus instrumentation library for Go applications, 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 golang-prometheus-client-dev
golang-prometheus-client-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the golang-prometheus-client-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep golang-prometheus-client-dev *
You will get with golang-prometheus-client-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | golang-prometheus-client-dev |
| Version | 0.7.0+ds-3 |
| Description | Prometheus instrumentation library for Go applications |
| Sub Section | Devel |