dpkg-awk software package provides Gawk script to parse /var/lib/dpkg/{status,available} and Packages, 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 dpkg-awk
dpkg-awk is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dpkg-awk package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dpkg-awk *
You will get with dpkg-awk package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Development |
| Package | dpkg-awk |
| Version | 1.2 |
| Description | Gawk script to parse /var/lib/dpkg/{status,available} and Packages |
| Sub Section | Devel |