apt-show-versions software package provides lists available package versions with distribution, 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 apt-show-versions
apt-show-versions is installed in your system.
Make ensure the apt-show-versions package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep apt-show-versions *
You will get with apt-show-versions package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | apt-show-versions |
| Version | 0.22.7 |
| Description | lists available package versions with distribution |
| Sub Section | admin |