gradle-debian-helper software package provides Helper tools for building Debian packages with Gradle, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install gradle-debian-helper
gradle-debian-helper is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gradle-debian-helper package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gradle-debian-helper *
You will get with gradle-debian-helper package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Java |
| Package | gradle-debian-helper |
| Version | 1.3 |
| Description | Helper tools for building Debian packages with Gradle |
| Sub Section | Java |