cupt software package provides flexible package manager -- console interface, 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 cupt
cupt is installed in your system.
Make ensure the cupt package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cupt *
You will get with cupt package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Perl |
| Package | cupt |
| Version | 2.9.8 |
| Description | flexible package manager -- console interface |
| Sub Section | perl |