folks-tools software package provides Telepathy backend for libfolks - database and import 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 folks-tools
folks-tools is installed in your system.
Make ensure the folks-tools package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep folks-tools *
You will get with folks-tools package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | folks-tools |
| Version | 0.11.2-1build3 |
| Description | Telepathy backend for libfolks - database and import tools |
| Sub Section | Utils |