dictfmt software package provides utility to format a file for use by a dictd server, 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 dictfmt
dictfmt is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dictfmt package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dictfmt *
You will get with dictfmt package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | dictfmt |
| Version | 1.12.1+dfsg-3 |
| Description | utility to format a file for use by a dictd server |
| Sub Section | Utils |