jags software package provides Just Another Gibbs Sampler for Bayesian MCMC - binary, 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 jags
jags is installed in your system.
Make ensure the jags package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep jags *
You will get with jags package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Mathematics |
| Package | jags |
| Version | 4.2.0-1 |
| Description | Just Another Gibbs Sampler for Bayesian MCMC - binary |
| Sub Section | math |