eboard software package provides GTK+ chessboard program, 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 eboard
eboard is installed in your system.
Make ensure the eboard package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep eboard *
You will get with eboard package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Games |
| Package | eboard |
| Version | 1.1.1-6.1 |
| Description | GTK+ chessboard program |
| Sub Section | Games |