dfu-util software package provides Device firmware update (DFU 1.0) USB programmer, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install dfu-util
dfu-util is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dfu-util package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dfu-util *
You will get with dfu-util package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Electronics |
| Package | dfu-util |
| Version | 0.5-1 |
| Description | Device firmware update (DFU 1.0) USB programmer |
| Sub Section | Electronics |