dietlibc-dev software package provides diet libc - a libc optimized for small size, 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 dietlibc-dev
dietlibc-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dietlibc-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dietlibc-dev *
You will get with dietlibc-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | dietlibc-dev |
| Version | 0.34~cvs20160606-2ubuntu1 |
| Description | diet libc - a libc optimized for small size |
| Sub Section | libdevel |