gpsbabel software package provides GPS file conversion plus transfer to/from GPS units, 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 gpsbabel
gpsbabel is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gpsbabel package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gpsbabel *
You will get with gpsbabel package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | gpsbabel |
| Version | 1.4.2-3 |
| Description | GPS file conversion plus transfer to/from GPS units |
| Sub Section | Utils |