jpegoptim software package provides utility to optimize jpeg files, 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 jpegoptim
jpegoptim is installed in your system.
Make ensure the jpegoptim package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep jpegoptim *
You will get with jpegoptim package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Graphics |
| Package | jpegoptim |
| Version | 1.4.3-1 |
| Description | utility to optimize jpeg files |
| Sub Section | Graphics |