account-plugin-yahoo software package provides Messaging account plugin for Yahoo!, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install account-plugin-yahoo
account-plugin-yahoo is installed in your system.
Make ensure the account-plugin-yahoo package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep account-plugin-yahoo *
You will get with account-plugin-yahoo package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | GNOME |
| Package | account-plugin-yahoo |
| Version | 3.12.12-3ubuntu1 |
| Description | Messaging account plugin for Yahoo! |
| Sub Section | GNOME |