el-get software package provides install and manage elisp code for Emacs, 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 el-get
el-get is installed in your system.
Make ensure the el-get package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep el-get *
You will get with el-get package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Editors |
| Package | el-get |
| Version | 3.1-1.1 |
| Description | install and manage elisp code for Emacs |
| Sub Section | Editors |