debian-el software package provides Emacs helpers specific to Debian users, 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 debian-el
debian-el is installed in your system.
Make ensure the debian-el package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep debian-el *
You will get with debian-el package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | debian-el |
| Version | 35.12ubuntu2 |
| Description | Emacs helpers specific to Debian users |
| Sub Section | Utils |