dovecot-dev software package provides secure POP3/IMAP server - header files, 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 dovecot-dev
dovecot-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dovecot-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dovecot-dev *
You will get with dovecot-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | |
| Package | dovecot-dev |
| Version | 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1 [amd64, i38 |
| Description | secure POP3/IMAP server - header files |
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