gnome-utils software package provides GNOME desktop utilities - transitional package, 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-utils
gnome-utils is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gnome-utils package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gnome-utils *
You will get with gnome-utils package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | GNOME |
| Package | gnome-utils |
| Version | 3.2.1-0ubuntu6 |
| Description | GNOME desktop utilities - transitional package |
| Sub Section | GNOME |