cinnamon-session-common software package provides Cinnamon Session Manager - common files, 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 cinnamon-session-common
cinnamon-session-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the cinnamon-session-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cinnamon-session-common *
You will get with cinnamon-session-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | X Window System software |
| Package | cinnamon-session-common |
| Version | 2.8.2-1 |
| Description | Cinnamon Session Manager - common files |
| Sub Section | X98 |