arduino-mighty-1284p software package provides Platform files for Arduino to run on ATmega1284P, 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 arduino-mighty-1284p
arduino-mighty-1284p is installed in your system.
Make ensure the arduino-mighty-1284p package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep arduino-mighty-1284p *
You will get with arduino-mighty-1284p package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Electronics |
| Package | arduino-mighty-1284p |
| Version | 01-02-2016 |
| Description | Platform files for Arduino to run on ATmega1284P |
| Sub Section | Electronics |