firmware-addon-dell software package provides A firmware-tools plugin to handle BIOS/Firmware for Dell systems, 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 firmware-addon-dell
firmware-addon-dell is installed in your system.
Make ensure the firmware-addon-dell package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep firmware-addon-dell *
You will get with firmware-addon-dell package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | firmware-addon-dell |
| Version | 2.2.9-0ubuntu1 |
| Description | A firmware-tools plugin to handle BIOS/Firmware for Dell systems |
| Sub Section | Admin |