boinc software package provides metapackage for the BOINC client and the manager, 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 boinc
boinc is installed in your system.
Make ensure the boinc package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep boinc *
You will get with boinc package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Network |
| Package | boinc |
| Version | 7.6.33+dfsg-1 |
| Description | metapackage for the BOINC client and the manager |
| Sub Section | Net |