dictem software package provides Dict client for emacs, 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 dictem
dictem is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dictem package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dictem *
You will get with dictem package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Text Processing |
| Package | dictem |
| Version | 1.0.4-2 |
| Description | Dict client for emacs |
| Sub Section | text |