jgit-cli software package provides Java implementation of GIT version control (command line interface), 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 jgit-cli
jgit-cli is installed in your system.
Make ensure the jgit-cli package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep jgit-cli *
You will get with jgit-cli package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | jgit-cli |
| Version | 3.7.1-2 |
| Description | Java implementation of GIT version control (command line interface) |
| Sub Section | Devel |