flac software package provides Free Lossless Audio Codec - command line tools, 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 flac
flac is installed in your system.
Make ensure the flac package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep flac *
You will get with flac package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Sound |
| Package | flac |
| Version | 1.2.1-6ubuntu0.1 [amd64, i386] |
| Description | Free Lossless Audio Codec - command line tools |
| Sub Section | Sound |