e2fslibs software package provides ext2/ext3/ext4 file system libraries, 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 e2fslibs
e2fslibs is installed in your system.
Make ensure the e2fslibs package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep e2fslibs *
You will get with e2fslibs package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Libraries |
| Package | e2fslibs |
| Version | 1.43.3-1 |
| Description | ext2/ext3/ext4 file system libraries |
| Sub Section | libs |