e2fsck-static software package provides statically-linked version of the ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem checker, 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 e2fsck-static
e2fsck-static is installed in your system.
Make ensure the e2fsck-static package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep e2fsck-static *
You will get with e2fsck-static package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | e2fsck-static |
| Version | 1.42-1ubuntu2.2 [amd64, i386], |
| Description | statically-linked version of the ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem checker |
| Sub Section | Admin |