avrdude software package provides software for programming Atmel AVR microcontrollers, 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 avrdude
avrdude is installed in your system.
Make ensure the avrdude package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep avrdude *
You will get with avrdude package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Electronics |
| Package | avrdude |
| Version | 5.11.1-1 |
| Description | software for programming Atmel AVR microcontrollers |
| Sub Section | Electronics |