gsynaptics software package provides configuration tool for pointing devices (transitional package), 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 gsynaptics
gsynaptics is installed in your system.
Make ensure the gsynaptics package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gsynaptics *
You will get with gsynaptics package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | gsynaptics |
| Version | 1.5.1-6ubuntu2 |
| Description | configuration tool for pointing devices (transitional package) |
| Sub Section | Utils |