crossbuild-essential-powerpc software package provides Informational list of cross-build-essential 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 crossbuild-essential-powerpc
crossbuild-essential-powerpc is installed in your system.
Make ensure the crossbuild-essential-powerpc package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep crossbuild-essential-powerpc *
You will get with crossbuild-essential-powerpc package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Development |
| Package | crossbuild-essential-powerpc |
| Version | 12.1ubuntu2 |
| Description | Informational list of cross-build-essential packages |
| Sub Section | Devel |