dm-writeboost-dkms software package provides log-structured caching for Linux, 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 dm-writeboost-dkms
dm-writeboost-dkms is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dm-writeboost-dkms package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dm-writeboost-dkms *
You will get with dm-writeboost-dkms package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Kernels |
| Package | dm-writeboost-dkms |
| Version | 2.2.3-1ubuntu1 |
| Description | log-structured caching for Linux |
| Sub Section | Kernel |