boxes software package provides textmode box- and comment drawing filter, 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 boxes
boxes is installed in your system.
Make ensure the boxes package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep boxes *
You will get with boxes package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Text Processing |
| Package | boxes |
| Version | 1.1.2-5 |
| Description | textmode box- and comment drawing filter |
| Sub Section | text |