anthy-el software package provides input method for Japanese - elisp frontend, 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 anthy-el
anthy-el is installed in your system.
Make ensure the anthy-el package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep anthy-el *
You will get with anthy-el package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | anthy-el |
| Version | 9100h-25ubuntu1 |
| Description | input method for Japanese - elisp frontend |
| Sub Section | Utils |