gcc-4.7-base software package provides GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection (base package), 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 gcc-4.7-base
gcc-4.7-base is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gcc-4.7-base package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gcc-4.7-base *
You will get with gcc-4.7-base package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Libraries |
| Package | gcc-4.7-base |
| Version | 4.7.4-3ubuntu12 |
| Description | GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection (base package) |
| Sub Section | libs |