freecol software package provides open source remake of the old Colonization, 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 freecol
freecol is installed in your system.
Make ensure the freecol package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep freecol *
You will get with freecol package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Games |
| Package | freecol |
| Version | 0.10.0+dfsg-5 |
| Description | open source remake of the old Colonization |
| Sub Section | Games |