gftp software package provides X/GTK+ and console FTP client (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 gftp
gftp is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gftp package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gftp *
You will get with gftp package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Network |
| Package | gftp |
| Version | 2.0.19-4ubuntu2 |
| Description | X/GTK+ and console FTP client (metapackage) |
| Sub Section | Net |