chef-zero software package provides in-memory Chef server (for testing and solo purposes), 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 chef-zero
chef-zero is installed in your system.
Make ensure the chef-zero package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep chef-zero *
You will get with chef-zero package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Ruby |
| Package | chef-zero |
| Version | 4.7.1-1 |
| Description | in-memory Chef server (for testing and solo purposes) |
| Sub Section | Ruby |