designate-api software package provides OpenStack DNS as a Service - API server, 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 designate-api
designate-api is installed in your system.
Make ensure the designate-api package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep designate-api *
You will get with designate-api package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Network |
| Package | designate-api |
| Version | 1:3.0.0-0ubuntu1 |
| Description | OpenStack DNS as a Service - API server |
| Sub Section | Net |