gnome-desktop-data software package provides Common files for GNOME desktop apps, 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 gnome-desktop-data
gnome-desktop-data is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gnome-desktop-data package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gnome-desktop-data *
You will get with gnome-desktop-data package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | GNOME |
| Package | gnome-desktop-data |
| Version | 1:2.32.1-2ubuntu1 |
| Description | Common files for GNOME desktop apps |
| Sub Section | GNOME |