bplay software package provides Buffered audio file player/recorder, 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 bplay
bplay is installed in your system.
Make ensure the bplay package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bplay *
You will get with bplay package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Sound |
| Package | bplay |
| Version | 0.991-10 |
| Description | Buffered audio file player/recorder |
| Sub Section | Sound |