device-tree-compiler software package provides Device Tree Compiler for Flat Device Trees, 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 device-tree-compiler
device-tree-compiler is installed in your system.
Make ensure the device-tree-compiler package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep device-tree-compiler *
You will get with device-tree-compiler package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | device-tree-compiler |
| Version | 1.4.0+dfsg-2 |
| Description | Device Tree Compiler for Flat Device Trees |
| Sub Section | Devel |