elpa-pdf-tools-server software package provides server for Emacs's pdf-tools, 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-pdf-tools-server
elpa-pdf-tools-server is installed in your system.
Make ensure the elpa-pdf-tools-server package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep elpa-pdf-tools-server *
You will get with elpa-pdf-tools-server package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Text Processing |
| Package | elpa-pdf-tools-server |
| Version | 0.70-1 |
| Description | server for Emacs's pdf-tools |
| Sub Section | text |