cons software package provides a Perl replacement for Make, 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 cons
cons is installed in your system.
Make ensure the cons package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cons *
You will get with cons package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Development |
| Package | cons |
| Version | 2.3.0.1+2.2.0-2 |
| Description | a Perl replacement for Make |
| Sub Section | Devel |