bti software package provides command line Twitter client, 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 bti
bti is installed in your system.
Make ensure the bti package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bti *
You will get with bti package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Network |
| Package | bti |
| Version | 034-2build1 |
| Description | command line Twitter client |
| Sub Section | Net |