ispell software package provides International Ispell (an interactive spelling corrector), 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 ispell
ispell is installed in your system.
Make ensure the ispell package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ispell *
You will get with ispell package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Text Processing |
| Package | ispell |
| Version | 3.4.00-5 |
| Description | International Ispell (an interactive spelling corrector) |
| Sub Section | text |