adapt software package provides adapt package from one version of Ubuntu to another, 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 adapt
adapt is installed in your system.
Make ensure the adapt package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep adapt *
You will get with adapt package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | adapt |
| Version | 1.5-0ubuntu1 |
| Description | adapt package from one version of Ubuntu to another |
| Sub Section | admin |