dbconfig-no-thanks software package provides dbconfig-common bypass, 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 dbconfig-no-thanks
dbconfig-no-thanks is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dbconfig-no-thanks package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dbconfig-no-thanks *
You will get with dbconfig-no-thanks package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | dbconfig-no-thanks |
| Version | 2.0.4ubuntu1 |
| Description | dbconfig-common bypass |
| Sub Section | admin |