ekg2-core software package provides instant messenger and IRC client for UNIX systems - main 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 ekg2-core
ekg2-core is installed in your system.
Make ensure the ekg2-core package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ekg2-core *
You will get with ekg2-core package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Network |
| Package | ekg2-core |
| Version | 1:0.4~pre+20120506.1-12 |
| Description | instant messenger and IRC client for UNIX systems - main program |
| Sub Section | Net |