libfilesystem-ruby software package provides Transitional package for ruby-filesystem, 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 libfilesystem-ruby
libfilesystem-ruby is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libfilesystem-ruby package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libfilesystem-ruby *
You will get with libfilesystem-ruby package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Old Libraries |
| Package | libfilesystem-ruby |
| Version | 0.5-5.1build5 |
| Description | Transitional package for ruby-filesystem |
| Sub Section | oldlibs |