fonts-mlym software package provides Meta package to install all Malayalam fonts, 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-mlym
fonts-mlym is installed in your system.
Make ensure the fonts-mlym package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep fonts-mlym *
You will get with fonts-mlym package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Fonts |
| Package | fonts-mlym |
| Version | 02:01.20 |
| Description | Meta package to install all Malayalam fonts |
| Sub Section | Fonts |