akonadi-backend-mysql software package provides MySQL storage backend for Akonadi, 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 akonadi-backend-mysql
akonadi-backend-mysql is installed in your system.
Make ensure the akonadi-backend-mysql package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep akonadi-backend-mysql *
You will get with akonadi-backend-mysql package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Miscellaneous |
| Package | akonadi-backend-mysql |
| Version | 4:16.04.3-0ubuntu2 |
| Description | MySQL storage backend for Akonadi |
| Sub Section | misc |