dictionaries-common software package provides spelling dictionaries - common utilities, 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 dictionaries-common
dictionaries-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dictionaries-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dictionaries-common *
You will get with dictionaries-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Text Processing |
| Package | dictionaries-common |
| Version | 1.27.1 |
| Description | spelling dictionaries - common utilities |
| Sub Section | text |