dvb-apps software package provides Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) applications, 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 dvb-apps
dvb-apps is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dvb-apps package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dvb-apps *
You will get with dvb-apps package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Miscellaneous |
| Package | dvb-apps |
| Version | 1.1.1+rev1500-1.1 |
| Description | Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) applications |
| Sub Section | misc |