libgearman-dev software package provides Development files for the Gearman Library, 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 libgearman-dev
libgearman-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libgearman-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libgearman-dev *
You will get with libgearman-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libgearman-dev |
| Version | 1.0.6-8build1 |
| Description | Development files for the Gearman Library |
| Sub Section | libdevel |