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