jmeter software package provides Load testing and performance measurement application (main application), 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 jmeter
jmeter is installed in your system.
Make ensure the jmeter package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep jmeter *
You will get with jmeter package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Network |
| Package | jmeter |
| Version | 2.11-5 |
| Description | Load testing and performance measurement application (main application) |
| Sub Section | Net |