broadcom-sta-common software package provides Common files for the Broadcom STA Wireless driver, 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 broadcom-sta-common
broadcom-sta-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the broadcom-sta-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep broadcom-sta-common *
You will get with broadcom-sta-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | broadcom-sta-common |
| Version | 6.30.223.271-2 |
| Description | Common files for the Broadcom STA Wireless driver |
| Sub Section | admin |