cdist software package provides Usable Configuration Management System, 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 cdist
cdist is installed in your system.
Make ensure the cdist package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cdist *
You will get with cdist package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | cdist |
| Version | 4.0.0~pre3-2 |
| Description | Usable Configuration Management System |
| Sub Section | admin |