colorgcc software package provides Colorizer for GCC warning/error messages, 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 colorgcc
colorgcc is installed in your system.
Make ensure the colorgcc package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep colorgcc *
You will get with colorgcc package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Development |
| Package | colorgcc |
| Version | 1.3.2.0-10 |
| Description | Colorizer for GCC warning/error messages |
| Sub Section | Devel |