dh-dist-zilla software package provides debhelper add-on to call dzil build and clean up after the build, 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 dh-dist-zilla
dh-dist-zilla is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dh-dist-zilla package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dh-dist-zilla *
You will get with dh-dist-zilla package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Development |
| Package | dh-dist-zilla |
| Version | 1.3.4 |
| Description | debhelper add-on to call dzil build and clean up after the build |
| Sub Section | Devel |