faac software package provides AAC audio encoder (frontend), 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 faac
faac is installed in your system.
Make ensure the faac package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep faac *
You will get with faac package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Sound |
| Package | faac |
| Version | 1.28+cvs20151130-1 |
| Description | AAC audio encoder (frontend) |
| Sub Section | Sound |