gaim-hotkeys software package provides Configurable global hotkeys for pidgin, 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 gaim-hotkeys
gaim-hotkeys is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gaim-hotkeys package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gaim-hotkeys *
You will get with gaim-hotkeys package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Network |
| Package | gaim-hotkeys |
| Version | 0.2.4-1.2ubuntu1 |
| Description | Configurable global hotkeys for pidgin |
| Sub Section | Net |