fflas-ffpack-common software package provides Finite field linear algebra subroutines/package - common files, 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 fflas-ffpack-common
fflas-ffpack-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the fflas-ffpack-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep fflas-ffpack-common *
You will get with fflas-ffpack-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Mathematics |
| Package | fflas-ffpack-common |
| Version | 1.6.0-1 |
| Description | Finite field linear algebra subroutines/package - common files |
| Sub Section | Math |