configure-debian software package provides central configuration program for packages using debconf, 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 configure-debian
configure-debian is installed in your system.
Make ensure the configure-debian package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep configure-debian *
You will get with configure-debian package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | configure-debian |
| Version | 1.0.2ubuntu3 |
| Description | central configuration program for packages using debconf |
| Sub Section | admin |