hhvm software package provides HipHop Virtual Machine, a JIT replacement for PHP - main runtime, 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 hhvm
hhvm is installed in your system.
Make ensure the hhvm package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep hhvm *
You will get with hhvm package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | PHP |
| Package | hhvm |
| Version | 3.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1 |
| Description | HipHop Virtual Machine, a JIT replacement for PHP - main runtime |
| Sub Section | PHP |