fbdesk software package provides desktop icons for window managers, 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 fbdesk
fbdesk is installed in your system.
Make ensure the fbdesk package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep fbdesk *
You will get with fbdesk package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | X Window System software |
| Package | fbdesk |
| Version | 1.4.1-11ubuntu1 |
| Description | desktop icons for window managers |
| Sub Section | x11 |