freetds-common software package provides configuration files for FreeTDS SQL client libraries, 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 freetds-common
freetds-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the freetds-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep freetds-common *
You will get with freetds-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Libraries |
| Package | freetds-common |
| Version | 0.91-6.1build1 |
| Description | configuration files for FreeTDS SQL client libraries |
| Sub Section | Libs |