elpa-flx software package provides sorting algorithm for fuzzy matching in Emacs, 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 elpa-flx
elpa-flx is installed in your system.
Make ensure the elpa-flx package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep elpa-flx *
You will get with elpa-flx package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Lisp |
| Package | elpa-flx |
| Version | 0.6.1-1 |
| Description | sorting algorithm for fuzzy matching in Emacs |
| Sub Section | Lisp |