gocr software package provides Command line OCR, 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 gocr
gocr is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gocr package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gocr *
You will get with gocr package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Graphics |
| Package | gocr |
| Version | 0.49-2 |
| Description | Command line OCR |
| Sub Section | Graphics |