canna software package provides input system for Japanese - server and dictionary, 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 canna
canna is installed in your system.
Make ensure the canna package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep canna *
You will get with canna package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | canna |
| Version | 3.7p3-13.1 |
| Description | input system for Japanese - server and dictionary |
| Sub Section | Utils |