e2tools software package provides utilities for manipulating files in an ext2/ext3 filesystem, 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 e2tools
e2tools is installed in your system.
Make ensure the e2tools package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep e2tools *
You will get with e2tools package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Miscellaneous |
| Package | e2tools |
| Version | 0.0.16-6.1 |
| Description | utilities for manipulating files in an ext2/ext3 filesystem |
| Sub Section | Misc |