cron-apt software package provides automatic update of packages using apt-get, 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 cron-apt
cron-apt is installed in your system.
Make ensure the cron-apt package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cron-apt *
You will get with cron-apt package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | cron-apt |
| Version | 0.9.5 |
| Description | automatic update of packages using apt-get |
| Sub Section | admin |