gnome-shell-common software package provides common files for the GNOME graphical shell, 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-shell-common
gnome-shell-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gnome-shell-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gnome-shell-common *
You will get with gnome-shell-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | GNOME |
| Package | gnome-shell-common |
| Version | 3.4.1-0ubuntu2 |
| Description | common files for the GNOME graphical shell |
| Sub Section | GNOME |