debdelta software package provides diff and patch utilities which work with Debian packages, 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 debdelta
debdelta is installed in your system.
Make ensure the debdelta package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep debdelta *
You will get with debdelta package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Development |
| Package | debdelta |
| Version | 0.55 |
| Description | diff and patch utilities which work with Debian packages |
| Sub Section | Devel |