libceres-dev software package provides nonlinear least squares minimizer (development files), you can install in your Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install libceres-dev
libceres-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libceres-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libceres-dev *
You will get with libceres-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 17 04 zesty zapus |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libceres-dev |
| Version | 1.12.0~rc4-1 |
| Description | nonlinear least squares minimizer (development files) |
| Sub Section | libdevel |