autofs software package provides dummy transitional package from autofs to autofs5, 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 autofs
autofs is installed in your system.
Make ensure the autofs package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep autofs *
You will get with autofs package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | autofs |
| Version | 5.0.6-0ubuntu5 |
| Description | dummy transitional package from autofs to autofs5 |
| Sub Section | Utils |