guile-1.8-libs software package provides Core Guile libraries, 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 guile-1.8-libs
guile-1.8-libs is installed in your system.
Make ensure the guile-1.8-libs package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep guile-1.8-libs *
You will get with guile-1.8-libs package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Libraries |
| Package | guile-1.8-libs |
| Version | 1.8.8+1-10ubuntu1 |
| Description | Core Guile libraries |
| Sub Section | Libs |