ftpd-ssl software package provides FTP server with SSL encryption support, 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 ftpd-ssl
ftpd-ssl is installed in your system.
Make ensure the ftpd-ssl package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ftpd-ssl *
You will get with ftpd-ssl package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Network |
| Package | ftpd-ssl |
| Version | 0.17.35+0.3-2 |
| Description | FTP server with SSL encryption support |
| Sub Section | Net |