killer software package provides Background job killer, 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 killer
killer is installed in your system.
Make ensure the killer package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep killer *
You will get with killer package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Miscellaneous |
| Package | killer |
| Version | 0.90-12 |
| Description | Background job killer |
| Sub Section | misc |