codec2 software package provides command line tools for handling Codec2 data, 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 codec2
codec2 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the codec2 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep codec2 *
You will get with codec2 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Sound |
| Package | codec2 |
| Version | 0.5.1-1 |
| Description | command line tools for handling Codec2 data |
| Sub Section | Sound |