aptsh software package provides apt interactive shell, 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 aptsh
aptsh is installed in your system.
Make ensure the aptsh package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep aptsh *
You will get with aptsh package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | aptsh |
| Version | 0.0.7+nmu2ubuntu4.3 |
| Description | apt interactive shell |
| Sub Section | admin |