gxmessage software package provides xmessage clone based on GTK+, 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 gxmessage
gxmessage is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gxmessage package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gxmessage *
You will get with gxmessage package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | GNOME |
| Package | gxmessage |
| Version | 2.20.0-1.1 |
| Description | xmessage clone based on GTK+ |
| Sub Section | GNOME |