fonts-lyx software package provides TrueType versions of some TeX fonts used by LyX, 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 fonts-lyx
fonts-lyx is installed in your system.
Make ensure the fonts-lyx package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep fonts-lyx *
You will get with fonts-lyx package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Fonts |
| Package | fonts-lyx |
| Version | 2.1.4-2 |
| Description | TrueType versions of some TeX fonts used by LyX |
| Sub Section | Fonts |