gradle-debian-helper software package provides Helper tools for building Debian packages with Gradle, 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 gradle-debian-helper
gradle-debian-helper is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gradle-debian-helper package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gradle-debian-helper *
You will get with gradle-debian-helper package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Java |
| Package | gradle-debian-helper |
| Version | 1.1 |
| Description | Helper tools for building Debian packages with Gradle |
| Sub Section | Java |