coccinelle software package provides semantic patching tool for C, 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 coccinelle
coccinelle is installed in your system.
Make ensure the coccinelle package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep coccinelle *
You will get with coccinelle package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Development |
| Package | coccinelle |
| Version | 1.0.4.deb-3build1 |
| Description | semantic patching tool for C |
| Sub Section | Devel |