jsvc software package provides wrapper to launch Java applications as daemons, 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 jsvc
jsvc is installed in your system.
Make ensure the jsvc package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep jsvc *
You will get with jsvc package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Network |
| Package | jsvc |
| Version | 1.0.8-1 |
| Description | wrapper to launch Java applications as daemons |
| Sub Section | Net |