debarchiver software package provides tool to handle Debian package archives, 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 debarchiver
debarchiver is installed in your system.
Make ensure the debarchiver package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep debarchiver *
You will get with debarchiver package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Development |
| Package | debarchiver |
| Version | 0.10.7 |
| Description | tool to handle Debian package archives |
| Sub Section | Devel |