dact software package provides Multi-algorithm compression, 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 dact
dact is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dact package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dact *
You will get with dact package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | dact |
| Version | 0.8.42-1 |
| Description | Multi-algorithm compression |
| Sub Section | Utils |