dvifb software package provides dvi viewer for framebuffer devices, 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 dvifb
dvifb is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dvifb package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dvifb *
You will get with dvifb package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | TeX |
| Package | dvifb |
| Version | 1:01.03-14.2 |
| Description | dvi viewer for framebuffer devices |
| Sub Section | tex |