alsa-tools software package provides Console based ALSA utilities for specific hardware, 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 alsa-tools
alsa-tools is installed in your system.
Make ensure the alsa-tools package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep alsa-tools *
You will get with alsa-tools package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Sound |
| Package | alsa-tools |
| Version | 1.1.0-0ubuntu1 |
| Description | Console based ALSA utilities for specific hardware |
| Sub Section | Sound |