cpufrequtils software package provides utilities to deal with the cpufreq Linux kernel feature, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install cpufrequtils
cpufrequtils is installed in your system.
Make ensure the cpufrequtils package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cpufrequtils *
You will get with cpufrequtils package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | cpufrequtils |
| Version | 007-2 |
| Description | utilities to deal with the cpufreq Linux kernel feature |
| Sub Section | Utils |