ddrescue software package provides copy data from one file or block device to another, 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 ddrescue
ddrescue is installed in your system.
Make ensure the ddrescue package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ddrescue *
You will get with ddrescue package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | ddrescue |
| Version | 1.23-1 |
| Description | copy data from one file or block device to another |
| Sub Section | Utils |
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