elpa-magit software package provides Emacs interface for Git, 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-magit
elpa-magit is installed in your system.
Make ensure the elpa-magit package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep elpa-magit *
You will get with elpa-magit package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Version Control Systems |
| Package | elpa-magit |
| Version | 2.7.0-1 |
| Description | Emacs interface for Git |
| Sub Section | vcs |
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