bear software package provides generate compilation database for Clang tooling, 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 bear
bear is installed in your system.
Make ensure the bear package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bear *
You will get with bear package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | bear |
| Version | 2.1.5-1 |
| Description | generate compilation database for Clang tooling |
| Sub Section | Devel |