ftdi-eeprom software package provides Tool for reading/erasing/flashing FTDI USB chip EEPROMs, 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 ftdi-eeprom
ftdi-eeprom is installed in your system.
Make ensure the ftdi-eeprom package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ftdi-eeprom *
You will get with ftdi-eeprom package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | ftdi-eeprom |
| Version | 1.3-2 |
| Description | Tool for reading/erasing/flashing FTDI USB chip EEPROMs |
| Sub Section | Utils |