config-package-dev software package provides Debhelper (and CDBS) modules for building configuration packages, 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 config-package-dev
config-package-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the config-package-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep config-package-dev *
You will get with config-package-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Development |
| Package | config-package-dev |
| Version | 5.1.2 |
| Description | Debhelper (and CDBS) modules for building configuration packages |
| Sub Section | Devel |