icdiff software package provides terminal side-by-side colorized word diff, 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 icdiff
icdiff is installed in your system.
Make ensure the icdiff package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep icdiff *
You will get with icdiff package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | icdiff |
| Version | 1.8.1-1 |
| Description | terminal side-by-side colorized word diff |
| Sub Section | Utils |