eclipse-cdt-autotools software package provides Autotools support for Eclipse CDT, 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 eclipse-cdt-autotools
eclipse-cdt-autotools is installed in your system.
Make ensure the eclipse-cdt-autotools package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep eclipse-cdt-autotools *
You will get with eclipse-cdt-autotools package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Development |
| Package | eclipse-cdt-autotools |
| Version | 8.6.0-1 |
| Description | Autotools support for Eclipse CDT |
| Sub Section | Devel |