colortail software package provides log colorizer that makes log checking easier, 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 colortail
colortail is installed in your system.
Make ensure the colortail package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep colortail *
You will get with colortail package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | colortail |
| Version | 0.3.3-1 |
| Description | log colorizer that makes log checking easier |
| Sub Section | Utils |