dpkg-dev-el software package provides Emacs helpers specific to Debian development, 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-dev-el
dpkg-dev-el is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dpkg-dev-el package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dpkg-dev-el *
You will get with dpkg-dev-el package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | dpkg-dev-el |
| Version | 35.12ubuntu3 |
| Description | Emacs helpers specific to Debian development |
| Sub Section | Utils |