libgstreamer1.0-dev software package provides GStreamer core 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 libgstreamer1.0-dev
libgstreamer1.0-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libgstreamer1.0-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libgstreamer1.0-dev *
You will get with libgstreamer1.0-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libgstreamer1.0-dev |
| Version | 1.8.0-1 |
| Description | GStreamer core development files |
| Sub Section | Devel |