android-platform-tools-base software package provides base tools for developing applications for the Android system, 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 android-platform-tools-base
android-platform-tools-base is installed in your system.
Make ensure the android-platform-tools-base package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep android-platform-tools-base *
You will get with android-platform-tools-base package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Java |
| Package | android-platform-tools-base |
| Version | 1.5.0-1 |
| Description | base tools for developing applications for the Android system |
| Sub Section | Java |