doclifter software package provides Convert troff to DocBook, 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 doclifter
doclifter is installed in your system.
Make ensure the doclifter package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep doclifter *
You will get with doclifter package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Development |
| Package | doclifter |
| Version | 2.11-1 |
| Description | Convert troff to DocBook |
| Sub Section | Devel |