busybox software package provides Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems, 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 busybox
busybox is installed in your system.
Make ensure the busybox package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep busybox *
You will get with busybox package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | busybox |
| Version | 1:1.22.0-19ubuntu2 |
| Description | Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems |
| Sub Section | Utils |