jmtpfs software package provides FUSE based filesystem for accessing MTP devices, 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 jmtpfs
jmtpfs is installed in your system.
Make ensure the jmtpfs package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep jmtpfs *
You will get with jmtpfs package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | jmtpfs |
| Version | 0.5-2 |
| Description | FUSE based filesystem for accessing MTP devices |
| Sub Section | Utils |