gmt-common software package provides Generic Mapping Tools - Architecture-independent files, 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 gmt-common
gmt-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gmt-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gmt-common *
You will get with gmt-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Science |
| Package | gmt-common |
| Version | 5.2.1+dfsg-3build1 |
| Description | Generic Mapping Tools - Architecture-independent files |
| Sub Section | Science |