dnsmasq-base software package provides Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server, 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 dnsmasq-base
dnsmasq-base is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dnsmasq-base package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dnsmasq-base *
You will get with dnsmasq-base package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Network |
| Package | dnsmasq-base |
| Version | 2.76-4 |
| Description | Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server |
| Sub Section | Net |