indicator-common software package provides indicator shared files, 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 indicator-common
indicator-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the indicator-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep indicator-common *
You will get with indicator-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Libraries |
| Package | indicator-common |
| Version | 16.10.0+16.10.20160913-0ubuntu |
| Description | indicator shared files |
| Sub Section | libs |