ahcpd software package provides Ad-Hoc Configuration Protocol, 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 ahcpd
ahcpd is installed in your system.
Make ensure the ahcpd package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ahcpd *
You will get with ahcpd package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Network |
| Package | ahcpd |
| Version | 0.53-2 |
| Description | Ad-Hoc Configuration Protocol |
| Sub Section | Net |