elpa-epl software package provides Emacs Package Library, 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 elpa-epl
elpa-epl is installed in your system.
Make ensure the elpa-epl package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep elpa-epl *
You will get with elpa-epl package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Lisp |
| Package | elpa-epl |
| Version | 0.8-1 |
| Description | Emacs Package Library |
| Sub Section | lisp |