fuse software package provides Filesystem in Userspace, 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 fuse
fuse is installed in your system.
Make ensure the fuse package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep fuse *
You will get with fuse package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | fuse |
| Version | 2.8.6-2ubuntu2.1 [amd64, i386] |
| Description | Filesystem in Userspace |
| Sub Section | Utils |