daemon software package provides turns other processes into daemons, 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 daemon
daemon is installed in your system.
Make ensure the daemon package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep daemon *
You will get with daemon package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | daemon |
| Version | 0.6.4-1 |
| Description | turns other processes into daemons |
| Sub Section | Utils |