libgmt-dev software package provides Generic Mapping Tools Library - Development files, 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 libgmt-dev
libgmt-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libgmt-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libgmt-dev *
You will get with libgmt-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libgmt-dev |
| Version | 5.2.1+dfsg-3build1 |
| Description | Generic Mapping Tools Library - Development files |
| Sub Section | Devel |