gvpe software package provides creates a virtual ethernet between multiple endpoints, 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 gvpe
gvpe is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gvpe package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gvpe *
You will get with gvpe package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Network |
| Package | gvpe |
| Version | 2.25-2 |
| Description | creates a virtual ethernet between multiple endpoints |
| Sub Section | Net |