gyp software package provides Cross-platform build script generator, 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 gyp
gyp is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gyp package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gyp *
You will get with gyp package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Python |
| Package | gyp |
| Version | 0.1+20150913git1f374df9-1ubunt |
| Description | Cross-platform build script generator |
| Sub Section | Python |