gis-gps software package provides GPS related programs, 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 gis-gps
gis-gps is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gis-gps package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gis-gps *
You will get with gis-gps package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Miscellaneous |
| Package | gis-gps |
| Version | 0.0.1ubuntu3 |
| Description | GPS related programs |
| Sub Section | misc |