libevdev-dev software package provides wrapper library for evdev devices - 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 libevdev-dev
libevdev-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libevdev-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libevdev-dev *
You will get with libevdev-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 17 04 zesty zapus |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libevdev-dev |
| Version | 1.5.4+dfsg-2 |
| Description | wrapper library for evdev devices - development files |
| Sub Section | libdevel |