hfsprogs software package provides mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems, 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 hfsprogs
hfsprogs is installed in your system.
Make ensure the hfsprogs package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep hfsprogs *
You will get with hfsprogs package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Other OSs and file systems |
| Package | hfsprogs |
| Version | 332.25-10 |
| Description | mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems |
| Sub Section | otherosfs |