kmc software package provides count kmers in genomic sequences, 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 kmc
kmc is installed in your system.
Make ensure the kmc package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep kmc *
You will get with kmc package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Science |
| Package | kmc |
| Version | 2.3+dfsg-3ubuntu1 |
| Description | count kmers in genomic sequences |
| Sub Section | Science |