How to install parallel Linux tool on Ubuntu or Debian

Parallel is a quite new tool created under the GNU foundation  As its name says it helps to execute jobs in parallel on one or many computers.

Problem

How to install parallel tool on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise [2]

Solution

As the package hasn't been debianised in Ubuntu yet we have to install it using the old school methods.

Follow link [3] and download the appropriate package. Once downloaded install it using dpkg.

wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/tange/xUbuntu_12.04/all/parallel_20110422-1_all.deb
dpkg -i parallel_20110422-1_all.deb
type  -a parallel                                                                       22:51:35
parallel is /usr/bin/parallel

References

1. http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/
2. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames
3. https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=parallel&project=home%3Atange