chef software package provides systems integration framework - clients, 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 chef
chef is installed in your system.
Make ensure the chef package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep chef *
You will get with chef package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Ruby |
| Package | chef |
| Version | 12.3.0-3ubuntu1 |
| Description | systems integration framework - clients |
| Sub Section | Ruby |