dact software package provides multi-algorithm compression, 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 dact
dact is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dact package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dact *
You will get with dact package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | dact |
| Version | 0.8.42-4 |
| Description | multi-algorithm compression |
| Sub Section | Utils |