libftdi1 software package provides Library to control and program the FTDI USB controller, 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 libftdi1
libftdi1 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libftdi1 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libftdi1 *
You will get with libftdi1 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 17 04 zesty zapus |
| Section | Libraries |
| Package | libftdi1 |
| Version | 0.20-4build1 |
| Description | Library to control and program the FTDI USB controller |
| Sub Section | libs |