astrometry-data-2mass-01 software package provides Astrometry.net 2MASS index files downloader (2.8-4), 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 astrometry-data-2mass-01
astrometry-data-2mass-01 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the astrometry-data-2mass-01 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep astrometry-data-2mass-01 *
You will get with astrometry-data-2mass-01 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Science |
| Package | astrometry-data-2mass-01 |
| Version | 1.1 |
| Description | Astrometry.net 2MASS index files downloader (2.8-4) |
| Sub Section | Science |