ecj-gcj software package provides standalone version of the Eclipse Java compiler (native version), 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 ecj-gcj
ecj-gcj is installed in your system.
Make ensure the ecj-gcj package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ecj-gcj *
You will get with ecj-gcj package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Development |
| Package | ecj-gcj |
| Version | 3.11.0-7 |
| Description | standalone version of the Eclipse Java compiler (native version) |
| Sub Section | Devel |