arduino-mk software package provides Program your Arduino from the command line, 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 arduino-mk
arduino-mk is installed in your system.
Make ensure the arduino-mk package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep arduino-mk *
You will get with arduino-mk package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Electronics |
| Package | arduino-mk |
| Version | 1.5-2 |
| Description | Program your Arduino from the command line |
| Sub Section | Electronics |