libhwloc-dev software package provides Hierarchical view of the machine - static libs and headers, 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 libhwloc-dev
libhwloc-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libhwloc-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libhwloc-dev *
You will get with libhwloc-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libhwloc-dev |
| Version | 1.11.2-3 |
| Description | Hierarchical view of the machine - static libs and headers |
| Sub Section | Devel |