dctrl-tools software package provides Command-line tools to process Debian package information, 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 dctrl-tools
dctrl-tools is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dctrl-tools package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dctrl-tools *
You will get with dctrl-tools package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | dctrl-tools |
| Version | 2.24-2 |
| Description | Command-line tools to process Debian package information |
| Sub Section | Utils |