geda software package provides GPL EDA -- Electronics design software (metapackage), 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 geda
geda is installed in your system.
Make ensure the geda package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep geda *
You will get with geda package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Electronics |
| Package | geda |
| Version | 1:1.8.2-5 |
| Description | GPL EDA -- Electronics design software (metapackage) |
| Sub Section | Electronics |