jpnevulator software package provides Serial sniffer, 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 jpnevulator
jpnevulator is installed in your system.
Make ensure the jpnevulator package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep jpnevulator *
You will get with jpnevulator package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Communication Programs |
| Package | jpnevulator |
| Version | 2.3.1-1 |
| Description | Serial sniffer |
| Sub Section | comm |