binfmt-support software package provides Support for extra binary formats, 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 binfmt-support
binfmt-support is installed in your system.
Make ensure the binfmt-support package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep binfmt-support *
You will get with binfmt-support package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | binfmt-support |
| Version | 2.1.6-1 |
| Description | Support for extra binary formats |
| Sub Section | admin |