hw-detect software package provides Detect hardware and load kernel drivers for it, 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 hw-detect
hw-detect is installed in your system.
Make ensure the hw-detect package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep hw-detect *
You will get with hw-detect package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | debian-installer udeb packages |
| Package | hw-detect |
| Version | 1.117ubuntu2 |
| Description | Detect hardware and load kernel drivers for it |
| Sub Section | Debian-installer |