dpdk-dev software package provides Data Plane Development Kit (development files), 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 dpdk-dev
dpdk-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dpdk-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dpdk-dev *
You will get with dpdk-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Development |
| Package | dpdk-dev |
| Version | 16.07-0ubuntu5 |
| Description | Data Plane Development Kit (development files) |
| Sub Section | Devel |