dvi2ps-fontdata-ja software package provides Font data for dvi2ps-j and dvi2dvi, 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 dvi2ps-fontdata-ja
dvi2ps-fontdata-ja is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dvi2ps-fontdata-ja package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dvi2ps-fontdata-ja *
You will get with dvi2ps-fontdata-ja package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | TeX |
| Package | dvi2ps-fontdata-ja |
| Version | 1.0.1-3 |
| Description | Font data for dvi2ps-j and dvi2dvi |
| Sub Section | tex |