httpfs2 software package provides FUSE filesystem for mounting files from http servers, 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 httpfs2
httpfs2 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the httpfs2 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep httpfs2 *
You will get with httpfs2 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Web Software |
| Package | httpfs2 |
| Version | 0.1.4-1ubuntu2 |
| Description | FUSE filesystem for mounting files from http servers |
| Sub Section | web |