emms software package provides Emacs MultiMedia 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 emms
emms is installed in your system.
Make ensure the emms package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep emms *
You will get with emms package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Sound |
| Package | emms |
| Version | 4.1-1 |
| Description | Emacs MultiMedia System |
| Sub Section | Sound |