aufs-tools software package provides Tools to manage aufs filesystems, 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 aufs-tools
aufs-tools is installed in your system.
Make ensure the aufs-tools package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep aufs-tools *
You will get with aufs-tools package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Kernels |
| Package | aufs-tools |
| Version | 1:3.2+20130722-1.1ubuntu1 |
| Description | Tools to manage aufs filesystems |
| Sub Section | Kernels |