gnome-applets software package provides Various applets for the GNOME panel - binary files, 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 gnome-applets
gnome-applets is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gnome-applets package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gnome-applets *
You will get with gnome-applets package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | GNOME |
| Package | gnome-applets |
| Version | 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 |
| Description | Various applets for the GNOME panel - binary files |
| Sub Section | GNOME |