inetutils-telnet software package provides telnet client, 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 inetutils-telnet
inetutils-telnet is installed in your system.
Make ensure the inetutils-telnet package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep inetutils-telnet *
You will get with inetutils-telnet package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Network |
| Package | inetutils-telnet |
| Version | 2:1.9.2-1 |
| Description | telnet client |
| Sub Section | Net |