asn1c software package provides ASN.1 compiler for C, 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 asn1c
asn1c is installed in your system.
Make ensure the asn1c package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep asn1c *
You will get with asn1c package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | asn1c |
| Version | 0.9.24+dfsg-1 |
| Description | ASN.1 compiler for C |
| Sub Section | Devel |