gerbv software package provides Gerber file viewer for PCB design, 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 gerbv
gerbv is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gerbv package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gerbv *
You will get with gerbv package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Electronics |
| Package | gerbv |
| Version | 2.6.0-1 |
| Description | Gerber file viewer for PCB design |
| Sub Section | Electronics |