elpa-markdown-mode software package provides mode for editing Markdown-formatted text files in GNU 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 elpa-markdown-mode
elpa-markdown-mode is installed in your system.
Make ensure the elpa-markdown-mode package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep elpa-markdown-mode *
You will get with elpa-markdown-mode package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Lisp |
| Package | elpa-markdown-mode |
| Version | 2.1-1 |
| Description | mode for editing Markdown-formatted text files in GNU Emacs. |
| Sub Section | lisp |