dnet-common software package provides Base package for Linux DECnet, 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 dnet-common
dnet-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dnet-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dnet-common *
You will get with dnet-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Network |
| Package | dnet-common |
| Version | 2.64build2 |
| Description | Base package for Linux DECnet |
| Sub Section | Net |