fauhdlc software package provides experimental VHDL compiler and interpreter, 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 fauhdlc
fauhdlc is installed in your system.
Make ensure the fauhdlc package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep fauhdlc *
You will get with fauhdlc package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | fauhdlc |
| Version | 20130704-1 |
| Description | experimental VHDL compiler and interpreter |
| Sub Section | Devel |