bind9-host software package provides Version of 'host' bundled with BIND 9.X, 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 bind9-host
bind9-host is installed in your system.
Make ensure the bind9-host package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bind9-host *
You will get with bind9-host package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Network |
| Package | bind9-host |
| Version | 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-10.1ubuntu1 |
| Description | Version of 'host' bundled with BIND 9.X |
| Sub Section | Net |