irda-utils software package provides IrDA management and handling utilities, 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 irda-utils
irda-utils is installed in your system.
Make ensure the irda-utils package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep irda-utils *
You will get with irda-utils package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | irda-utils |
| Version | 0.9.18-14ubuntu1 |
| Description | IrDA management and handling utilities |
| Sub Section | Utils |
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