android-tools-fsutils software package provides Android ext4 utilities with sparse support, 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 android-tools-fsutils
android-tools-fsutils is installed in your system.
Make ensure the android-tools-fsutils package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep android-tools-fsutils *
You will get with android-tools-fsutils package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Development |
| Package | android-tools-fsutils |
| Version | 5.1.1r36+git20160322-0ubuntu5 |
| Description | Android ext4 utilities with sparse support |
| Sub Section | Devel |