distributed-net software package provides client to donate unused CPU cycles to distributed.net, 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 distributed-net
distributed-net is installed in your system.
Make ensure the distributed-net package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep distributed-net *
You will get with distributed-net package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Miscellaneous |
| Package | distributed-net |
| Version | 2.9111.520-2 |
| Description | client to donate unused CPU cycles to distributed.net |
| Sub Section | Misc |