idesk software package provides program to show icons on the desktop, 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 idesk
idesk is installed in your system.
Make ensure the idesk package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep idesk *
You will get with idesk package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | X Window System software |
| Package | idesk |
| Version | 0.7.5-6 |
| Description | program to show icons on the desktop |
| Sub Section | X314 |