libieee1284-3 software package provides cross-platform library for parallel port access, 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 libieee1284-3
libieee1284-3 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libieee1284-3 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libieee1284-3 *
You will get with libieee1284-3 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Libraries |
| Package | libieee1284-3 |
| Version | 0.2.11-12 |
| Description | cross-platform library for parallel port access |
| Sub Section | Libs |