bsdcpio software package provides Implementation of the cpio program from FreeBSD, 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 bsdcpio
bsdcpio is installed in your system.
Make ensure the bsdcpio package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bsdcpio *
You will get with bsdcpio package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | bsdcpio |
| Version | 3.0.3-6ubuntu1.3 [amd64, i386] |
| Description | Implementation of the cpio program from FreeBSD |
| Sub Section | Utils |