apturl software package provides install packages using the apt protocol - GTK+ 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 apturl
apturl is installed in your system.
Make ensure the apturl package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep apturl *
You will get with apturl package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | apturl |
| Version | 0.5.2ubuntu11 |
| Description | install packages using the apt protocol - GTK+ frontend |
| Sub Section | admin |