gitpkg software package provides tools for maintaining Debian packages with git, 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 gitpkg
gitpkg is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gitpkg package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gitpkg *
You will get with gitpkg package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Development |
| Package | gitpkg |
| Version | 0.21 |
| Description | tools for maintaining Debian packages with git |
| Sub Section | devel |