libexplain-dev software package provides library of system-call-specific strerror repl - development files, 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 libexplain-dev
libexplain-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libexplain-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libexplain-dev *
You will get with libexplain-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libexplain-dev |
| Version | 1.4.D001-4 |
| Description | library of system-call-specific strerror repl - development files |
| Sub Section | libdevel |