gdm software package provides GNOME Display Manager, 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 gdm
gdm is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gdm package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gdm *
You will get with gdm package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | GNOME |
| Package | gdm |
| Version | 3.0.4-0ubuntu15 |
| Description | GNOME Display Manager |
| Sub Section | GNOME |