gzip software package provides GNU compression utilities, 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 gzip
gzip is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gzip package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gzip *
You will get with gzip package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | gzip |
| Version | 1.4-1ubuntu2 |
| Description | GNU compression utilities |
| Sub Section | Utils |