html2text software package provides advanced HTML to text converter, 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 html2text
html2text is installed in your system.
Make ensure the html2text package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep html2text *
You will get with html2text package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Web Software |
| Package | html2text |
| Version | 1.3.2a-15 |
| Description | advanced HTML to text converter |
| Sub Section | Web |