jam software package provides Software-build tool, replacement for make, 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 jam
jam is installed in your system.
Make ensure the jam package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep jam *
You will get with jam package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Development |
| Package | jam |
| Version | 2.5rel-1 |
| Description | Software-build tool, replacement for make |
| Sub Section | devel |