diaspora software package provides distributed social networking service, 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 diaspora
diaspora is installed in your system.
Make ensure the diaspora package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep diaspora *
You will get with diaspora package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Web Software |
| Package | diaspora |
| Version | 0.5.9.1+debian-3 |
| Description | distributed social networking service |
| Sub Section | web |