gearman software package provides Distributed job queue, 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 gearman
gearman is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gearman package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gearman *
You will get with gearman package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Web Software |
| Package | gearman |
| Version | 1.0.6-5.1build2 |
| Description | Distributed job queue |
| Sub Section | web |