autofs software package provides kernel-based automounter for Linux, 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 autofs
autofs is installed in your system.
Make ensure the autofs package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep autofs *
You will get with autofs package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | autofs |
| Version | 5.1.1-1ubuntu3 |
| Description | kernel-based automounter for Linux |
| Sub Section | Utils |