gdb-msp430 software package provides The GNU debugger 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 gdb-msp430
gdb-msp430 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gdb-msp430 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gdb-msp430 *
You will get with gdb-msp430 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Debug packages |
| Package | gdb-msp430 |
| Version | 7.2a~mspgcc-20111205-3ubuntu1 |
| Description | The GNU debugger for MSP430 |
| Sub Section | debug |