kernel-package software package provides utility for building Linux kernel related Debian packages, 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 kernel-package
kernel-package is installed in your system.
Make ensure the kernel-package package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep kernel-package *
You will get with kernel-package package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Miscellaneous |
| Package | kernel-package |
| Version | 13.018 |
| Description | utility for building Linux kernel related Debian packages |
| Sub Section | Misc |