arista software package provides multimedia transcoder for the GNOME Desktop, 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 arista
arista is installed in your system.
Make ensure the arista package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep arista *
You will get with arista package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Video |
| Package | arista |
| Version | 0.9.7-3ubuntu1 |
| Description | multimedia transcoder for the GNOME Desktop |
| Sub Section | Video |