iotop software package provides simple top-like I/O monitor, 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 iotop
iotop is installed in your system.
Make ensure the iotop package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep iotop *
You will get with iotop package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | iotop |
| Version | 0.6-1 |
| Description | simple top-like I/O monitor |
| Sub Section | admin |