libcanberra-gtk-common-dev software package provides simple abstract interface for playing event sounds, 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 libcanberra-gtk-common-dev
libcanberra-gtk-common-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libcanberra-gtk-common-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libcanberra-gtk-common-dev *
You will get with libcanberra-gtk-common-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libcanberra-gtk-common-dev |
| Version | 0.28-3ubuntu3 |
| Description | simple abstract interface for playing event sounds |
| Sub Section | libdevel |