libdevice-modem-perl software package provides Perl class to interface generic modems (AT-compliant), 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 libdevice-modem-perl
libdevice-modem-perl is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libdevice-modem-perl package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libdevice-modem-perl *
You will get with libdevice-modem-perl package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Perl |
| Package | libdevice-modem-perl |
| Version | 1.57-0.1 |
| Description | Perl class to interface generic modems (AT-compliant) |
| Sub Section | perl |