SDLMAME is the most up-to-date and most frequently-maintained version of MAME for Linux. More information about how it relates to all the other versions of MAME can be found here: http://www.vg-network.com/sdlmame.
There are three places to get the SDLMAME package from:
1. The standard Ubuntu repositories
2. Wallyweek - the website is here: http://wallyweek.altervista.org/
3. Ludomatic - the website is here: http://apt.ludomatic.fr/?hl=en
I find the Ludomatic package is the best one overall, although all three packages have more or less the latest version of MAME (they are all within 0.001 versions of each other at time of writing, so no biggie which one you actually end up choosing).
If you want to go with option #1, go to your Ubuntu terminal, and issue the command
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sudo apt-get install sdlmame
If you want to go with option #2, go to the website indicated above, and download the package file to your Desktop (the i386 version - don't get too stressed if you have Ubuntu Hardy installed even though the website says that the package is for Gutsy - it'll all work!). Then, go to your Ubuntu terminal, and issue the following commands:
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cd Desktop
sudo dpkg -i sdl*.deb
If you want to go with option #3, the best approach, detailed instructions are on the website indicated already.