golang-github-cenkalti-backoff software package provides exponential backoff algorithm in Go, 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 golang-github-cenkalti-backoff
golang-github-cenkalti-backoff is installed in your system.
Make ensure the golang-github-cenkalti-backoff package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep golang-github-cenkalti-backoff*
You will get with golang-github-cenkalti-backoff package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Development |
| Package | golang-github-cenkalti-backoff |
| Version | 1.0.0-1 |
| Description | exponential backoff algorithm in Go |
| Sub Section | Devel |