jhbuild software package provides flexible build script for package collections, 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 jhbuild
jhbuild is installed in your system.
Make ensure the jhbuild package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep jhbuild *
You will get with jhbuild package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Development |
| Package | jhbuild |
| Version | 3.2.1-1 |
| Description | flexible build script for package collections |
| Sub Section | devel |