gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps software package provides GStreamer helper programs from the base set, 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 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps
gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps*
You will get with gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps |
| Version | 1.8.0-1ubuntu1 |
| Description | GStreamer helper programs from the base set |
| Sub Section | Utils |