bindfs software package provides mirrors or overlays a local directory with altered permissions, 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 bindfs
bindfs is installed in your system.
Make ensure the bindfs package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bindfs *
You will get with bindfs package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | bindfs |
| Version | 1.12.6-2 |
| Description | mirrors or overlays a local directory with altered permissions |
| Sub Section | Utils |