kpatch software package provides Runtime tools for Kpatch, 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 kpatch
kpatch is installed in your system.
Make ensure the kpatch package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep kpatch *
You will get with kpatch package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Kernels |
| Package | kpatch |
| Version | 0.3.2-3ubuntu1 |
| Description | Runtime tools for Kpatch |
| Sub Section | Kernel |