gcc-msp430 software package provides GNU C compiler (cross compiler for MSP430), 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 gcc-msp430
gcc-msp430 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gcc-msp430 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gcc-msp430 *
You will get with gcc-msp430 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | gcc-msp430 |
| Version | 4.6.3~mspgcc-20120406-7ubuntu3 |
| Description | GNU C compiler (cross compiler for MSP430) |
| Sub Section | Devel |