cobbler-common software package provides network boot, install, and update server - common files, 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 cobbler-common
cobbler-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the cobbler-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cobbler-common *
You will get with cobbler-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Miscellaneous |
| Package | cobbler-common |
| Version | 2.6.6+dfsg1-12 |
| Description | network boot, install, and update server - common files |
| Sub Section | misc |