apcalc-dev software package provides Library for arbitrary precision arithmetic, 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 apcalc-dev
apcalc-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the apcalc-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep apcalc-dev *
You will get with apcalc-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Development |
| Package | apcalc-dev |
| Version | 2.12.4.4-2 |
| Description | Library for arbitrary precision arithmetic |
| Sub Section | devel |