libdbd-mysql software package provides MySQL database server driver for libdbi, 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 libdbd-mysql
libdbd-mysql is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libdbd-mysql package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libdbd-mysql *
You will get with libdbd-mysql package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Libraries |
| Package | libdbd-mysql |
| Version | 0.9.0-4ubuntu1 |
| Description | MySQL database server driver for libdbi |
| Sub Section | libs |