cobbler-common software package provides Cobbler Install server - common files, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install cobbler-common
cobbler-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the cobbler-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cobbler-common *
You will get with cobbler-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Miscellaneous |
| Package | cobbler-common |
| Version | 2.4.1-0ubuntu2 |
| Description | Cobbler Install server - common files |
| Sub Section | Misc |