bwctl-client software package provides bandwidth test controller (client), 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 bwctl-client
bwctl-client is installed in your system.
Make ensure the bwctl-client package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bwctl-client *
You will get with bwctl-client package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Network |
| Package | bwctl-client |
| Version | 1.5.4+dfsg1-1 |
| Description | bandwidth test controller (client) |
| Sub Section | Net |