fwsnort software package provides Snort-to-iptables rule translator, 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 fwsnort
fwsnort is installed in your system.
Make ensure the fwsnort package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep fwsnort *
You will get with fwsnort package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | fwsnort |
| Version | 1.5-2 |
| Description | Snort-to-iptables rule translator |
| Sub Section | Admin |