libgcj17-dev software package provides Java development headers for use with gcj, 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 libgcj17-dev
libgcj17-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libgcj17-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libgcj17-dev *
You will get with libgcj17-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libgcj17-dev |
| Version | 6.2.0-5ubuntu12 |
| Description | Java development headers for use with gcj |
| Sub Section | libdevel |