e2fsprogs software package provides ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities, 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 e2fsprogs
e2fsprogs is installed in your system.
Make ensure the e2fsprogs package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep e2fsprogs *
You will get with e2fsprogs package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | e2fsprogs |
| Version | 1.42.13-1ubuntu1 |
| Description | ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities |
| Sub Section | admin |
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