datalad software package provides data files crawler and data distribution, 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 datalad
datalad is installed in your system.
Make ensure the datalad package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep datalad *
You will get with datalad package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Science |
| Package | datalad |
| Version | 0.2.3-1 |
| Description | data files crawler and data distribution |
| Sub Section | Science |