elvis-tiny software package provides Tiny vi compatible editor for the base system, 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 elvis-tiny
elvis-tiny is installed in your system.
Make ensure the elvis-tiny package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep elvis-tiny *
You will get with elvis-tiny package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Editors |
| Package | elvis-tiny |
| Version | 1.4-23 |
| Description | Tiny vi compatible editor for the base system |
| Sub Section | Editors |