indicator-application software package provides Application Indicators, 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 indicator-application
indicator-application is installed in your system.
Make ensure the indicator-application package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep indicator-application *
You will get with indicator-application package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | GNOME |
| Package | indicator-application |
| Version | 12.10.1+15.04.20150128-0ubuntu |
| Description | Application Indicators |
| Sub Section | GNOME |