bison software package provides YACC-compatible parser generator, 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 bison
bison is installed in your system.
Make ensure the bison package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bison *
You will get with bison package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | bison |
| Version | 2:3.0.4.dfsg-1 |
| Description | YACC-compatible parser generator |
| Sub Section | Devel |